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Re:Microsoft furious at $2,000 bounty for open source Kinect... by jonhendry on Friday November 05, 2010 @04:05PM (#1874662)
You'd still have to buy the Kinect. And, I'd think, having useful Kinect-compatible software from other sources increases the value offered by the device, compared with what it would be if only Microsoft's software used it.
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Re:Microsoft furious at $2,000 bounty for open source Kinect... by ShabbyDoo on Friday November 05, 2010 @04:27PM (#1874763)
Microsoft probably wants to continue with the razors & razorblades model of the XBox. So, maybe it wants to extract a toll from 3rd parties who produce products for the platform. No different really than the iPhone.

I don't necessarily agree with DMCA restrictions on reverse engineering, but I do support Microsoft's right to sell a closed platform.

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