Friday 2010-07-23 Dev. update and Discussions

[Feuerfalke]

Originally Posted by zapatista

i am saying that to microsoft its flightsim department was mere peanuts in its bigger picture, as can be illustrated for ex by its 2007 annual revenue surpassing $50 Billion

but like all companies riding an economic wave that ebbs and flows, when suddenly the bottom falls out of the world economy it makes cuts where it can, for microsoft those cuts would have been easiest and quickest in its non-core business area's. whatever tabloid speculators might say, once the economic system is more stable and its future easier to predict, the less important (but previously profitable) products for niche markets will reappear no doubt

That's exactly what they said and still say about the Falcon-Team.

Fact is, though, it was closed because it could not make enough money to support the expensive team. And as with Falcon, it was closed to be reopened, whenever suitable. But as you know so much about business: If you close something now to reopen it later, you will lose a lot against companies that even with a small team continue to produce, grow, gather experience and of course make themselves and their products renown. And then we're back at where we started: At the very heart of competition.



@AED:
I'm glad you made a new account to post this. It's not only complete BS, your attitude and appearance is the very reason why the unspeakables are still officially referred to as hackers, not as modders.