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Why Microsoft Must Come Clean About Xbox 360 Flaws

Microsoft's response so far to this crisis shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. It is an extension of their tactics toward competitors; by non-response to journalistic investigation of the defect problem Microsoft is maintaining uncertainty about the extent of the problem with the intent to maintain sales of the product. I think the company's people in charge of this issue think that given the PS3's problems that console buyers have nowhere else to go and so stonewalling won't be that harmful in the long run.

N'Gai Croal asks "Did Microsoft's zeal to have the Xbox 360 both launch first and turn a profit--after the first Xbox launched second and lost billions of dollars--cause it to cut corners in a headlong rush to market, resulting in the current debacle?" I think that the answer to that question will turn out to be a resounding "yes!"

Microsoft's Earnings Report Slacker: XBox 360 Consoles

If it weren't for Bill Gates and Paul Allen's stakes in the company, Microsoft would be a ripe takeover target. However, my impression is that the Xbox 360, Zune, and Windows Mobile are all Bill G.'s personal projects. No one in the company is going to challenge these losses as long as Bill is OK with them.

In addition, Microsoft has never been about fixing deficiencies with existing products, unless absolutely forced to by the market. They'll be adding new features to the Xbox line forever before they think about changing the power brick.

Cisco CEO: 'Microsoft Has Given Us a Three-Year Lead'

Well, in Novell's case Ray Noorda was literally losing his mind(beginning stages of Alzheimer's) in the early 1990's when the big confrontation was taking his place. He was asked to resign by the board around 1993 because of the health problems. Chambers doesn't seem to be in a similar situation.