Sony and Microsoft to deliver keynote entitled "Massively Multiplayer Console Is Coming" at Austin Game Conference.
The Austin Game Initiative has today announced details of its 2004 Austin Game Conference (AGC), which is scheduled to take place at the Austin Convention Center on September 9-10. The conference will open with a unique shared keynote entitled "Massively Multiplayer Console Is Coming" from Sony and Microsoft. Delivering the keynote will be Glen Van Datta, director of online technology for Sony Computer Entertainment, and Scott Henson, director of platform strategy for Microsoft Xbox.
In addition to massively-multiplayer games, the central themes for this year's AGC will include mobile games, next-generation technologies, and business strategies for emerging products and platforms. The conference scheduled will comprise a total of 48 sessions, presented by representatives of such companies as Sony Online, Microsoft, NCSoft, Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, Red Storm, Disney, Monolith, Turbine, Taldren, and Mythic.
News source: GameSpot
The Austin Game Initiative has today announced details of its 2004 Austin Game Conference (AGC), which is scheduled to take place at the Austin Convention Center on September 9-10. The conference will open with a unique shared keynote entitled "Massively Multiplayer Console Is Coming" from Sony and Microsoft. Delivering the keynote will be Glen Van Datta, director of online technology for Sony Computer Entertainment, and Scott Henson, director of platform strategy for Microsoft Xbox.
In addition to massively-multiplayer games, the central themes for this year's AGC will include mobile games, next-generation technologies, and business strategies for emerging products and platforms. The conference scheduled will comprise a total of 48 sessions, presented by representatives of such companies as Sony Online, Microsoft, NCSoft, Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, Red Storm, Disney, Monolith, Turbine, Taldren, and Mythic.
News source: GameSpot
Of course, Microsoft is within its rights to deny service to those who have pirated its products. It makes sense for them to make sure performance or feature upgrades do not run on pirated software. They want to deny people who haven't paid for Microsoft products the benefit of them, and entice them to become licensed users. But security upgrades are different. Microsoft is harming its licensed users by denying security to its unlicensed users.
This decision, more than anything else Microsoft has said or done in the last few years, proves to me that security is not the first priority of the company. Here was a chance to do the right thing: to put security ahead of profits. Here was a chance to look good in the press, and improve security for all their users worldwide. Microsoft claims that improving security is the most important thing, but their actions prove otherwise.
SP2 is an important security upgrade to Windows XP, and I hope it is widely installed among licensed XP users. I also hope it is quickly pirated, so unlicensed XP users can also install it. In order for me to remain secure on the Internet, I need everyone to become more secure. And the more people who install SP2, the more we all benefit.
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