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Sep 2nd, 2006 at 6:42pm

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Kudos to Hal Bryan at ACES for making the decision to lift the NDA from the "Official Beta Testers" late this afternoon...  8)

Given that the 'public beta testers' were not put under an NDA (but only because of the delay in actual delivery), it would be grossly unfair for ACES to continue holding the "Official Beta Team" to the terms of their NDA.

So, with that in mind, I won't have to continue resorting to such feats of contortion in any replies offered regarding the "insides" of FSX.

Along with over 300 others representing a large cross-section of the freeware and payware communities, I have been actively involved with FSX since late last year (2005).

One of the first things I can now make public is that Pete Dawson already has an FSX version of FSUIPC that will be released on the same day that FSX "goes Gold."

Also, Track IR and Go Flight are "good to go" with their products as well.  Grin
 
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Reply #1 - Sep 2nd, 2006 at 6:57pm

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n4gix,

Some fantastic news there on both FSUIPC and GoFlight for this simpit builder  Wink.  Thanks.

Keep the info coming.

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Reply #2 - Sep 2nd, 2006 at 7:00pm

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Pete Dowson didn't waste any time Smiley
 
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Reply #3 - Sep 2nd, 2006 at 7:45pm

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Pete Dowson didn't waste any time Smiley


Nope. He's been working wonders exercising all of the SimConnect functionalty, and providing yeoman's efforts in bug identification.  That translates to a big help for everyone else who chooses to use SimConnect for their projects (such as Helge with FS Nav, etc.).
 
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Reply #4 - Sep 2nd, 2006 at 8:22pm
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Why am I becoming oh so slightly cynical about all these new 'announcements' and 'developments'.

Like I said before this is all part of a marketing campaign that was devised by the MS marketing and publicity team many many months ago and everything is being done according to a time line to keep the slavering idiots drooling and waiting for the next morsel to be thrown their way.

This will not heal the sick, it won't feed the starving - it's a computer game for goodness sake. It's all being done to promote the product and make the maximum bucks for a huge and already wealthy company.

For goodness sake Microsoft give us all a break and just cut the cr*p.

 
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Reply #5 - Sep 2nd, 2006 at 8:58pm

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I have to admit that RollerBall's point of view has some credbility.

The release has been plagued by leaks, rumors and even backhanded remarks from ACES.

They really do seem to want as much press as possible and thrive on controversy.

It's like they hired the PR firm  of "Howard, Howard, and Fine."  Wink

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Reply #6 - Sep 2nd, 2006 at 11:14pm
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Rollerball, that's kinda true. But what do you mean by cut the crap? Stop developing the game altogether because a new flight engine isn't in Wink?

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Reply #7 - Sep 2nd, 2006 at 11:53pm

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Quote:
I have to admit that RollerBall's point of view has some credbility.

The release has been plagued by leaks, rumors and even backhanded remarks from ACES.

They really do seem to want as much press as possible and thrive on controversy.

It's like they hired the PR firm  of "Howard, Fine, and Fine."  Wink



Hey, dudes, you seriously gotta stop looking for the black helicopters. I mean, if you think this was all some sort of well-coordinated marketing effort you are giving us way, way too much credit! Wink
 
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Reply #8 - Sep 3rd, 2006 at 12:10am
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if you think this was all some sort of well-coordinated marketing effort you are giving us way, way too much credit! Wink


Now that's Funny!
 
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Reply #9 - Sep 3rd, 2006 at 12:57am

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Hey, dudes, you seriously gotta stop looking for the black helicopters. I mean, if you think this was all some sort of well-coordinated marketing effort you are giving us way, way too much credit! Wink


Sarcasm at its finest. Grin
 
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Reply #10 - Sep 3rd, 2006 at 1:47am

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That's why nothing gets done.
Mike wastes his time quoting the likes of me.
Nobody (no sane person) ever quotes me!  Grin
 
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Reply #11 - Sep 3rd, 2006 at 2:58am

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Careful what you say guys Smiley
 
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Reply #12 - Sep 3rd, 2006 at 2:59am
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Why

We won't tell anyone  Grin
 
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Reply #13 - Sep 3rd, 2006 at 5:09am
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Look, I'll make this my last word on all this.

We didn't have (or need) all this hype and nonsense when any of the other versions of FS came out. There was informed (and uninformed!) discussion and then the software was launched and publicised in the usual way.

But this time round Microsoft has said - now we can use (or given your point of view, abuse) the power of the Internet - and boys, save ourselves a bunch of money to boot.

MS have started to use blogging as an OFFICIAL way of promoting products in other areas - so it's no surprise that they've done it with this one I guess. And what's blogging all about. It's when you use an 'insider' to feed your prospective market the official company line in a way that looks as though he's doing you a favour and dropping you little secrests and confidences. So it's a method of deceiving you - and incidenatlly promoting a product without having to spend an awful lot of money in the 'media' in the usual sense. It's all about spin - and that I can tell you is a VERY dirty word here in the UK (which is maybe why I feel the way I do).

But the extension of blogging that I personally am even less enchanted with is how Microsoft have infiltrated their people into these forums and others like them, and then used them to make their 'announcements' ie these forums have become a free extension of the MS global publicity machine which I don't think is what they were originally set up to be.

Now this is just my point of view and I know that (as usual  Roll Eyes ) a large number of people (especially the younger ones) will disagree with it. So now I've said it all I'll leave the party to those want to keep banging the MS drum for them and glide gently off into the sunset of the FSX forum for good.

I personallyy have had enough of it.
 
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Reply #14 - Sep 3rd, 2006 at 5:26am

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Roller, drop me an e-mail so I can contact you if you would be so kind. I have something might interest you.

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