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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft Hardware => Topic started by: mobrien_12 on 4 October 2002, 11:36

Title: MS: Take that you... mod chip
Post by: mobrien_12 on 4 October 2002, 11:36
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-960594.html (http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-960594.html)

Yeah, MS has apparently shut down the largest company that makes XBOX mod chips....

MS should just *$%#ing rent/lease the XBOX.  It's quite apparent they don't believe that the customer actually owns it.
Title: MS: Take that you... mod chip
Post by: xyle_one on 4 October 2002, 20:52
i think there will be even less interest in the xbox now. now that people cant have 'fun' with it. good. xbox should be buried.
ecsyle...
Title: MS: Take that you... mod chip
Post by: Bazoukas on 5 October 2002, 11:56
they can go fuck themselves (MS that is) for all that i care.

[ October 05, 2002: Message edited by: bazoukas ]

Title: MS: Take that you... mod chip
Post by: microsofthater on 5 October 2002, 13:34
FUCK I HATE MICRO FUCKING SOFT SO FUCKING MUCH I SWEAR TO DO ALL I CAN TO UNDERMINE THOSE SON OF A BITCHES.
Title: MS: Take that you... mod chip
Post by: microsofthater on 5 October 2002, 13:35
Lik sang was such a fucking good site. I didn't give a shit about mod chips and all that crap. I brought Dreamcast controllers and LCD monitors and stuff. Fuck if microsoft really have shut them down then omfg...
Title: MS: Take that you... mod chip
Post by: Refalm on 5 October 2002, 16:32
quote:
microsoftsucks: FUCK I HATE MICRO FUCKING SOFT SO FUCKING MUCH I SWEAR TO DO ALL I CAN TO UNDERMINE THOSE SON OF A BITCHES.


We're all mad here at Microsoft... but please don't use Caps to rant...

Instead, think before you post, and contribute something better... it's better to say nothing, than to say something not important enough (please don't take this as an insult, I don't meanth it to be).

Example of how your post could be:
"Damnit, I hate Microsoft so fucking much... I swear, I'll do anything to undermine these sons of bitches!"
Title: MS: Take that you... mod chip
Post by: cloudstrife on 5 October 2002, 17:12
amen refalm... i think this site could definitely clean up its act a bit in terms of general politeness

Yes, i also would like to say that lik-sang was a great site and i am sorry to see it go down at the hands of MS.

[ October 05, 2002: Message edited by: cloudstrife ]

Title: MS: Take that you... mod chip
Post by: voidmain on 6 October 2002, 02:19
quote:
Originally posted by cloudstrife:
amen refalm... i think this site could definitely clean up its act a bit in terms of general politeness


Then you better tell the webmaster to change the name of the site.
Title: MS: Take that you... mod chip
Post by: Bazoukas on 6 October 2002, 03:10
quote:
Originally posted by void main:


Then you better tell the webmaster to change the name of the site.



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 I think we are all grownups here.
Title: MS: Take that you... mod chip
Post by: Pantso on 6 October 2002, 04:07
quote:
Originally posted by bazoukas:



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 I think we are all grownups here.


I'd think twice if I were you, file mou   :D    :D  

By the way, your presentation rules!! Great work man!
Title: MS: Take that you... mod chip
Post by: Doctor V on 7 October 2002, 06:27
If you go to a site called 'fuckmicrosoft', its best not to expect politeness.  People come here to bitch about M$ and don't generally want to hold back (All caps can be a little bit annoying though).


I think its great that M$ shut down Xbox mod chips.  Thats even more of a reason for people not to buy Xbox, and Xbox is struggling as it is.  Not too bright on M$'s part in my opinion.

People will just have to buy Gamecubes and PS2s (Note: while PS2 is a great system, Sony too is EviL).

V
Title: MS: Take that you... mod chip
Post by: cozzer on 8 October 2002, 14:59
A dumb move, I highly contest that. For someone to buy the XBOX console, they dont actually make any money, in fact supposebly losing money. The game sales are the fuel for XBOX's survival and any modchip which will allow pirated games to be played, is completely against Microsoft in ever way, there is NO good for Microsoft that will come from such companies.

As with ANY console, the blood and fuel of the console is the game sales.
Title: MS: Take that you... mod chip
Post by: voidmain on 8 October 2002, 15:37
quote:
Originally posted by cozzer:
As with ANY console, the blood and fuel of the console is the game sales.


Don't forget the essential ingredient, robotic fanboys much like yourself.
Title: MS: Take that you... mod chip
Post by: mobrien_12 on 9 October 2002, 10:21
quote:
Originally posted by cozzer:
The game sales are the fuel for XBOX's survival and any modchip which will allow pirated games to be played, is completely against Microsoft in ever way, there is NO good for Microsoft that will come from such companies.

As with ANY console, the blood and fuel of the console is the game sales.


Funny how you assume the mod chip is for pirated games.
Title: MS: Take that you... mod chip
Post by: RudeCat7 on 10 October 2002, 05:54
If they do sell xboxes, they at least achieve better cashflow. Better cashflow means they can pay more quack coders to come up with crap like xp, and SP1. And they can tout bigger sales numbers, which in turn produce bigger numbers, because when you see something is selling well, you normally think it's good, and you feel like buying it as well.

If they don't sell them, then they're in the red, and running scared.

So even if you mod the xbox, you're still helping M$ stay alive. Games or no games.
Title: MS: Take that you... mod chip
Post by: Wanding Traveler on 13 November 2002, 05:58
I heard MS losed a suit in Australia. Now people can make and sell mod chips there. MS is trying to appeal the case an even threat to take the xbox out of Australia.
Title: MS: Take that you... mod chip
Post by: slave on 13 November 2002, 08:11
Even I don't understand this.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but... if you bought the XBOX... you own it... can't you solder whatever you want onto it?  Furthermore where does Microsoft get the right to just shut down companies that sell something on the grounds that it *could* be used to pirate games (when I actually think many people would buy mod chips so they could run linux on the xbox) I guess this is where the DMCA rears its ugly head.
Title: MS: Take that you... mod chip
Post by: voidmain on 13 November 2002, 21:08
XP User, you are really starting to catch on! I have been noticing quite a difference lately (hope I'm not spoiling it). It's another example of Microsoft making you believe you are "buying" something when in fact you are just "renting" it and you have no rights whatsoever when it comes to how you use it.
Title: MS: Take that you... mod chip
Post by: Kintaro on 13 November 2002, 11:55
THe only thing worth getting for the XBOX is X-Box Linux... It would have never happened if Microsoft had'nt used Intel 86 chips for it.
Title: MS: Take that you... mod chip
Post by: voidmain on 13 November 2002, 12:49
quote:
Originally posted by Ex Eleven / b0b 2.1:
THe only thing worth getting for the XBOX is X-Box Linux... It would have never happened if Microsoft had'nt used Intel 86 chips for it.


Why not? PS2 doesn't have an x86 processor and Linux runs on it. In fact Linux will run on more processors than any other OS that I know of. But maybe I am misunderstanding your post.
Title: MS: Take that you... mod chip
Post by: Kintaro on 13 November 2002, 13:20
Yes, but sony made that... If microsoft used there own CPU or somthing foreign they would do everything to stop the release of the Microprogramming Language. And stop compilers etc.... But because its x86 everythings already there and other things (nVidia's are well supported on Linux).

Its like M$ wanted it to happen!
Title: MS: Take that you... mod chip
Post by: Calum on 13 November 2002, 18:34
well microsoft could not feasibly develop a new chip on its own. it is just not going to happen. maybe IBM could do it, but that would take a lot longer than M$ are prepared to wait, even if they were still in bed with IBM which they're not.

The only other alternative would be to use another manufacturer's chip. So who should they have got in order to make sure linux wouldn't run on it? Motorola? nope, the first linux port was to a motorola chip. Sony? nope, they've got the market upper hand in gaming consoles so they probably wouldn't help in the first place, and as pointed out above linux runs on a sony playstation. Also, i think sony farm out their chips anyway don't they? How about AMD? nope, linux runs on aMD chips. So they choose intel, linux's native environment. Well, who can blame them? it's windows' native environment too and making windows run on a non intel chip (excluding AMD... ) is probably harder than trying to stop linux from running on any chip at all.

Just my thoughts...

Basically there was no way microsoft could make their XBox even slightly linux proof.

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