Simviation Forum - Think about it...

Jan 11^th, 2004 at 11:40am

flyboy 28 Offline
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Lets say theres 10932 people registered here. Multipy that by about the average price of $50 of all the M$ Flight Sims, and that averages out to $546,600! Shocked

And people wonder how Bill Gates is so rich... Roll Eyes

And that's only on Flight Sim. Think about the other products M$ offers... XP, mice, keyboards, moniters, other games... It just simply astounds me...

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Reply #1 - Jan 11^th, 2004 at 11:42am

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Never thought about that. Hmmm.

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Reply #2 - Jan 11^th, 2004 at 11:47am

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lol interesting to say the least.
Congrats on 800:)

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Reply #3 - Jan 12^th, 2004 at 4:12pm

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Never thought about that. Hmmm.

I have a lot of time today...

PS-Congrats on 1300

PPS-Craig, congrats on 4000 Cheesy

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Reply #4 - Jan 12^th, 2004 at 6:20pm

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And just think of all those who own more than one sim... Shocked

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Reply #5 - Jan 13^th, 2004 at 12:29pm

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Hmm, FS 98, 2000, 2002, 2004, CFS1,2,3(Puke) 98 & XP.

I want comission!

Opps, forgot about stick, keyboard & Win 95.......

Bill, send your cheque to.......... Grin

Posting drivel here since Jan 31st, 2002. - That long!

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Reply #6 - Jan 13^th, 2004 at 6:42pm

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And that's only on Flight Sim.

Corrections, thats only Simviation and thats only for one Flight Sim per person....
Wink

Still have a nice PC but I just switched to a hella nice mac

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Reply #7 - Jan 14^th, 2004 at 6:52pm

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Interesting:

I live on a small rural gravel road about 12 miles long.

There are 4 farms on this road.

Last count was 21 people with 1 in the basket.

There are 8 computers on the road and all I believe are less than 2 years old.

HMMMM...I can see the dollars adding up now.

Cheers......Happy Landings......Doug

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Reply #8 - Jan 21^st, 2004 at 10:27am

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It's sure sad to see so many of us constantly glued to another money making adventure... Sad

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Reply #9 - Mar 18^th, 2004 at 4:53am

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Lets say theres 10932 people registered here. Multipy that by about the average price of $50 of all the M$ Flight Sims, and that averages out to $546,600! Shocked

And people wonder how Bill Gates is so rich... Roll Eyes

I will not get into much detail but you are making an assumption here which may not hold true... lol

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Reply #10 - Mar 18^th, 2004 at 1:46pm

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Wow

I've got 2
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Reply #11 - Mar 18^th, 2004 at 5:01pm

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Lets say theres 10932 people registered here. Multipy that by about the average price of $50 of all the M$ Flight Sims, and that averages out to $546,600!

It should be said that in business terms & particularly a business the size of MS - this sum is chickenfeed. They probably spend that every 30 minutes or less in overheads. Of course they earn millions in the same time Wink

Think Global. It's the world we live in.

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Reply #12 - Mar 19^th, 2004 at 8:31pm

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Think about the amount even if everyone gave only $1 for anything with the M$ name on it they have in their home!

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Reply #13 - Mar 19^th, 2004 at 9:16pm

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Not only that, but all the people who have one or more PCs with Windows, not to mention thousands of businesses who purchase computers, MS operating systems, and other MS software by the bulk

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