inter connected computer.... ah you mean a lan party halo 3:

PR fail incomin

well, the air force is using the PS3's as a supercomputer for radar or modeling of forces movements or for the weather or what have you.  I thought that the army would need something similar....

They've been doing so for a while, just using PCs instead of consoles. It's nothing new or secret.

basically, MS is lying when they say that they are being sensitive to others feelings as a reason to reject this. I mean, they support every fps out there, the America's Army videogame, and have more sales in the US as a % of total than the other two, so their audience will be the most receptive to this kind of news.

Sorry, grimes, just looking past the bad explanation

That's exactly what I thought.  This is probably the sole reason they wouldn't have.  They'd look horrible if they did.

Even if it was to be sold at a deal, this is the US army we are talking about and an American company. I can't think of worse press than having some pundit come out and say how MS hates America by refusing to sell them something that could help train America's soldiers. A foreign company could get away with it, but not an American one. And I mean I know capitalism doesn't do much for national pride out of corporations (despite far right conservatives thinking otherwise) but I still wouldn't take the risk of the bad press if I were them.

However, I do think their reasoning is solid, but as I STRONGLY know, an appeal to logos isn't always as effective as it probably should be.

I think MS should have done it, but I don't know about "saving soldiers lives." They choose to be there and they are killing people with families too.

Since when has something not working ever stopped a company from selling something to the US government?

Given the army's heavy usage needs and the product's guaranteed replacement if rrod'd , i'd say that this would be a money-losing project for MS.