Author Topic: Microsoft to licence XBOX 360 OS to other companies  (Read 8210 times)

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Re: Microsoft to lisence XBOX OS to other companies
« Reply #1 on: 1 July 2005, 02:57 »
It may be a good OS (I don't know yet), but seeing as the Xbox has such high specs, and it'll be designed mainly for that, I can't see the Xbox OS going too far.
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Re: Microsoft to lisence XBOX OS to other companies
« Reply #2 on: 1 July 2005, 03:53 »
Ya never know, they did mention about integrated stuff, but wha ever thos OS is must be very effeicent and fast and stable and user friendly
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Re: Microsoft to lisence XBOX OS to other companies
« Reply #3 on: 1 July 2005, 05:44 »
The original Xbox ran Windows.  (sort of)

I wonder what the 360 is...
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Re: Microsoft to lisence XBOX OS to other companies
« Reply #4 on: 1 July 2005, 07:17 »
well what ever the 360 runs off microsoft is think of lisencening it.

Can a moderator/admin put xbox 360 in, i forgot to put 360
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Re: Microsoft to lisence XBOX OS to other companies
« Reply #5 on: 2 July 2005, 08:22 »
i think the new xbox os is based off of the old xbox os. unless they "stole" some more code from the *bsds....wouldn't; it be sick if the xbox os was based off of darwin?(i forget the license for darwin) i don't think i would sleep well
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Re: Microsoft to lisence XBOX OS to other companies
« Reply #6 on: 2 July 2005, 10:39 »
the origional xbox was windows 2000, just modded a bit. i can still crash it tho cause of its crappyness with use devices.
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Re: Microsoft to lisence XBOX OS to other companies
« Reply #7 on: 2 July 2005, 11:52 »
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i think the new xbox os is based off of the old xbox os. unless they "stole" some more code from the *bsds....wouldn't; it be sick if the xbox os was based off of darwin?(i forget the license for darwin) i don't think i would sleep well

Dude, there is almost ZERO BSD code in Windows.
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Re: Microsoft to lisence XBOX 360 OS to other companies
« Reply #8 on: 15 July 2005, 20:14 »
really? i forget the commands...run string on the ftp client, if they stole one thing, why wouldn't they steal more. except for somereason they fucked it up big time
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Re: Microsoft to lisence XBOX 360 OS to other companies
« Reply #9 on: 18 August 2005, 16:24 »
They basically stole VMS, well not quite, just the people who wrote it.

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Re: Microsoft to lisence XBOX 360 OS to other companies
« Reply #10 on: 18 August 2005, 17:15 »
[sarcasm]Did they do that with DOS too?[/sarcasm] ;)


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Re: Microsoft to lisence XBOX 360 OS to other companies
« Reply #11 on: 18 August 2005, 19:30 »
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They basically stole VMS, well not quite, just the people who wrote it.

So can we arrest them based on the various NDAs they've breached?  Or should we just leave the legal system out of this one?  
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Re: Microsoft to lisence XBOX 360 OS to other companies
« Reply #12 on: 18 August 2005, 19:31 »
I agree with the M16 option, Orethrius. :D


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Re: Microsoft to lisence XBOX 360 OS to other companies
« Reply #13 on: 18 August 2005, 19:32 »
They paid for DOS, and sold it for roughly 10x as much. Nifty shit.

I think we should form a terrorist group and seige Microsoft in Redmond.

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Re: Microsoft to lisence XBOX 360 OS to other companies
« Reply #14 on: 18 August 2005, 19:33 »
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They paid for DOS, and sold it for roughly 10x as much. Nifty shit.

I think we should form a terrorist group and seige Microsoft in Redmond.

Exactly, The FuckMicrosoft Legion, RAR! :p