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To: IA who wrote (32186)	5/7/2001 1:48:26 PM
From: Suresh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 68279

Hi Inder, I don't associate anything which is efficient with MSFT.....(esp if it is developed in house). Game consoles needs to be lean and mean... I am not going to speculate the success of X-Box but will wait for it to prove its worth in the market. Later, Suresh Edit: Hi Inder at 500 bucks for X-Box... I don't know if people are going to be buying in huge numbers.. You can get a PC for about 700 these days...

To: IA who wrote (32186)	5/8/2001 1:22:41 AM
From: Johnny Canuck	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 68279

Hi Inder, >>What do you think about the X-Box as a possible driver of >>growth for Microsoft ? I think this would be a total new market for MSFT. I don't think they are used to a model where you lose money on the system to make it up on the games. This is a system that they are trying to manufacture and sell as opposed to PC's which are manufacted by other vendors. I think MSFT will have trouble making the corporate shift in thinking. Given that MSFT has never been the best at writing compact code as is required for games, I don't think they have the software engining talent in house either.