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I can't find the photo with a quick google, but way back in the day an employee posted a photo of a TON of G5s arriving at Microsoft HQ.. supposedly they got fi
by grecy 4y ago
I can't find the photo with a quick google, but way back in the day an employee posted a photo of a TON of G5s arriving at Microsoft HQ.. supposedly they got fired for it, and it wasn't until a year or two later when the 360 was announced that everyone put two and two together.
- bangonkeyboard 4y agohttps://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2003/10/23/even-microsoft-wants-g5s/ https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2003/10/23/even-microsof...
- cubefox 4y agoHundreds of comments, apparently this news went around the world. I assume they thought at the time the Macs were needed for developing MS Office for Mac OS.
- logbiscuitswave 4y agoJust for anybody that’s interested, here’s a ton of information about the G5 dev kits for the Xbox 360. https://www.xenonwiki.com/Alpha https://www.xenonwiki.com/Alpha
- exsf0859 4y agoYeah, the poor guy didn't know anything about Xbox, just thought it was funny that Microsoft was receiving so many G5 Macs: https://www.smh.com.au/technology/microsoft-fires-employee-for-revealing-g5-purchase-20031031-gdhp2z.html https://www.smh.com.au/technology/microsoft-fires-employee-f...