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Re:Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return by jonny_eh on Thursday October 07, 2021 @01:24PM (#28789457)
One notable exception was video games. In retrospect the success of the Xbox is extremely strange.
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Re:Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return by rctec on Thursday October 07, 2021 @01:45PM (#28789738)
The success of Xbox resulted from what was essentially an internal con job. It survived to launch and succeeded because the team responsible managed to keep a straight face about several important lies about what Xbox would be to the rest of the company's leadership and BG himself.
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Re:Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return by jonny_eh on Thursday October 07, 2021 @02:16PM (#28790143)
> several important lies

Can you please elaborate? I'm pretty familiar with Xbox's history but I'm not aware of any lies.

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Re:Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return by maxwell on Thursday October 07, 2021 @03:31PM (#28791035)
Maybe referring to dropping Windows from the original Xbox:

https://www.shacknews.com/article/95635/how-the-original-xbo...

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Re:Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return by WalterBright on Thursday October 07, 2021 @03:30PM (#28791025)
You'd probably enjoy the book "Renegades of the Empire" by Drummond.

https://www.amazon.com/Renegades-Empire-Software-Revolution-...

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