Going the more open route with Kinect seems to have done wonders for Microsoft and "shareholder value". At first they wanted to crack down on "hackers", too, bu

Going the more open route with Kinect seems to have done wonders for Microsoft and "shareholder value". At first they wanted to crack down on "hackers", too, but then they quickly learned that all those hacks are getting them a lot of free press in the big blogs, which in turn made it more popular with early adopters and tech influencers.