Sold out? LOL

[747Astrojet 0]

I'm pretty certain there would be some form of 'non-compete' restriction that they agreed to before their hiring at ACES to begin with.

That figures, Kinda leaves employees of Aces swinging in the wind.

[mgh 89]

I'm pretty certain there would be some form of 'non-compete' restriction that they agreed to before their hiring at ACES to begin with.

I suggest the main obstacle is for ex-ACES staff to demonstrate that they haven't infringed any of Microsoft's rights.I don't know about the US, but in the UK 'non-compete' restrictions are very hard to enforce in the courts.

[Peter Clemenko 0]

I suggest the main obstacle is for ex-ACES staff to demonstrate that they haven't infringed any of Microsoft's rights.I don't know about the US, but in the UK 'non-compete' restrictions are very hard to enforce in the courts.

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if MS did whatever they could to mess with them. Look up the history between Microsoft and Linux to see what I mean.

[WarpD 824]

This isn't the UK and non-compete is easily enforced.

[mgh 89]

This isn't the UK and non-compete is easily enforced.

Noncompete agreements are not enforceable at all against employees in California, and other states restrict them.http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-08-08/busi...te-s-high-courthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-compete_clause

[WarpD 824]

Microsoft is in Washington... enforceable."WashingtonAccording to Racine v. Bender, CNCs will be enforced by courts if they are validly formed and reasonable.[7] There are exceptions, like in Labriola v. Pollard Group, Inc., where the Washington Supreme Court invalidated a CNC not supported by independent consideration by strictly enforcing the pre-existing duty rule.[8]"

[dmaher 0]

:( IMO, this is a bit of a red-herring

[mgh 89]

:( IMO, this is a bit of a red-herring

[Christopher Low 5,405]

To cut a long story short........be prepared to stick with FSX for a long time. That's fine by me.

[dmaher 0]

If we

[Peter Clemenko 0]

Well, E3's over...and no details on fsLivedm

Honestly, I doubt they would have made the announcement at E3. I suspect they are either going to surprise us or they will wait for a more aviation orientated event. E3 tends to be more for the general gaming population. It's rare to see simulations being featured there that much.

[turner112 52]

And no news out of Cascade yet. Guess they haven't found investors, maybe.

[TheDanger 182]

And no news out of Cascade yet. Guess they haven't found investors, maybe.

I will invest

[Peter Clemenko 0]

Personally I wouldn't expect much news from them for another year or so. Software development takes a lot of time, especially when working on a lower budget and from scratch.

[turner112 52]

Disagree. News (read: marketing) is productive and is in no way related to budget. Why would they start a Facebook group? Why would they bother doing interviews?So far, they've announced... nothing. I feel pretty strongly that if it takes a year, there will be no news.