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"Oh how easy it is to start a rumour..."

Games sites are rife with 'news' stories about company takeovers and strange decisions from games firms, but how much of it can be believed? The recent case of the Sega/Nintendo takeover rumour is proof that word gets around quickly on the internet and is taken up by some pretty major players (New York Times in this instance)

I was thinking, perhaps this could work in our favour, it might put pressure on a games firm or console company to take a certain direction in their business decisions. They certainly listen to the press (even if they don't always use them to advertise) So posting a news item on a popular site regarding a new Mario RPG or Squaresoft's support of Nintendo might encourage the events to take place. Just imagine the power you could have if this worked, especially with a new console in development ("Sony have decided to add a highly popular virtual reality system to their Playstation 3 console so that gas holograms can be used in lifesize battles, this has been hailed by fans as the best idea since sliced bread" for example)

Will it work? Who knows, but it often seems to be the only way some companies will listen to their customer base.

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Windows who needs ti, it always crahes, too easy to break into, always one illigal operation after another, Kernal 32 was ildesigned. Yes we would be better off with linux.

I personally hope that AmigaDE (Amiga Digital Environment - a platform-independent OS) takes off.

If it's anywhere near as stable and usable as the original Amiga OS, it should give MS and Windoze a run for their money - or better yet, put the poor lame thing to sleep.

http://www.amiga.com/

Without Bill Gates you'd have no Windows, so PCs wouldn't be as popular as they are now.

This would cause a knock on effect that means the internet wouldn't be as popular, and I wouldn't spend so much time on this site, so I could go and do lots of interesting and exciting things. I could broaden my intellect with travel and meet new and interesting people.

Then again, thank goodness for Bill Gates!

wow, i really wish that bill gates would leave everyone alone and keep his stuff away from us, and everyone else i know is thinking the same thing.

Games sites are rife with 'news' stories about company takeovers and strange decisions from games firms, but how much of it can be believed? The recent case of the Sega/Nintendo takeover rumour is proof that word gets around quickly on the internet and is taken up by some pretty major players (New York Times in this instance)

I was thinking, perhaps this could work in our favour, it might put pressure on a games firm or console company to take a certain direction in their business decisions. They certainly listen to the press (even if they don't always use them to advertise) So posting a news item on a popular site regarding a new Mario RPG or Squaresoft's support of Nintendo might encourage the events to take place. Just imagine the power you could have if this worked, especially with a new console in development ("Sony have decided to add a highly popular virtual reality system to their Playstation 3 console so that gas holograms can be used in lifesize battles, this has been hailed by fans as the best idea since sliced bread" for example)

Will it work? Who knows, but it often seems to be the only way some companies will listen to their customer base.