March 14, 20206 yr Just saw this. Hopefully it does not affect the openness MSFS has with the community or the project itself. Unlikely, but, when I saw this news, the thought entered my mind since he was an advocate of the FS franchise back in the day. https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/bill-gates-steps-down-microsoft-211546162.html Martin Sims: MSFS 2020, MSFS 2024 and X-plane 11 Home Airport: CYCW - Chilliwack, BC Canada i5 13600KF 32GB DDR4 3600 RAM, RTX3080TI Meta Quest 3
March 14, 20206 yr Nope, he was not involved at all in any gaming ventures of MS. Robin "Onward & Upward" ... To the Stars, & Beyond...
March 14, 20206 yr As the stock plunges (it was near 200 a month ago), there is reason for fear. It happened in 2009 when the ACES Team was released. Major financial crisis as the US elections were near. Good thing we still have P3D. Jim Young | AVSIM Online! - Simming's Premier Resource! Member, AVSIM Board of Directors - Serving AVSIM since 2001 Submit News to AVSIMImportant other links: Basic FSX Configuration Guide | AVSIM CTD Guide | AVSIM Prepar3D Guide | Help with AVSIM Site | Signature Rules | Screen Shot Rule | AVSIM Terms of Service (ToS) I7 8086K 5.0GHz | GTX 1080 TI OC Edition | Dell 34" and 24" Monitors | ASUS Maximus X Hero MB Z370 | Samsung M.2 NVMe 500GB and 1TB | Samsung SSD 500GB x2 | Toshiba HDD 1TB | WDC HDD 1TB | Corsair H115i Pro | 16GB DDR4 3600C17 | Windows 10
March 14, 20206 yr On Thursday, MSFT stock price was $139.06, it's now on $158.03 (16:00 Fri 13 March) Feb Hi was $183.00 On Thursday, LM stock price was $329.64, it's now on $328.59 (16:00 Fri 13 March) LM Feb Hi was $428.12 Microsoft Market Cap: $1.208T at March 13, 2020 was 1.403T in Feb Lockheed Martin Market Cap: $92.62 at March 13, 2020 was 1.220T in Feb Good thing we still have Microsoft! You just cannot actually compare, financially, the two companies. Robin "Onward & Upward" ... To the Stars, & Beyond...
March 14, 20206 yr Commercial Member I believe in 2021, we will all think about MSFS2020 as a dream that never got release:( Edited March 14, 20206 yr by roarkr Roar Kristensen www.flightsim4fun.com P3Dv4 with Opencockpits hardware controlled by OC4BAv4 for immersive PMDG B737/777/747 flying XPLANE 11 with Opencockpits hardware controlled by OC4BA_XP for immersive B737 flying
March 14, 20206 yr 2 hours ago, Wobbie said: Good thing we still have Microsoft! You just cannot actually compare, financially, the two companies. Not really sure what your point is here... I'm grateful we have both of these companies. They are not competitors and are in completely different industry spaces. The products they provide are necessary and valuable. Edited March 14, 20206 yr by dmiannay Doug Miannay PC: i9-13900K (OC 6.1) | ASUS Maximus Z790 Hero | ASUS Strix RTX4080 (OC) | ASUS ROG Strix LC II 360 AIO | 32GB G.Skill DDR5 TridentZ RGB 6400Hz | Samsung 990 Pro 1TB M.2 (OS/Apps) | Samsung 990 Pro 2TB M.2 (Sim) | Samsung 990 Pro 2TB M.2 (Games) | Fractal Design Define R7 Blackout Case | Win11 Pro x64
March 14, 20206 yr These two companies have multiple business units or divisions. In no way any of them work as a complete overall or whole business unit, so every one of them could release or drop a business segment of the whole company if they fear or foresee financial trouble for that specific segment in the near future. All that has nothing to do with the market capitalization of the entire company, and that's a way to preserve their value. I tend to think thanks god we still have P3D. Cheers, Ed Cheers, Ed MSFS2020 Steam // Rig: Corsair Graphite 760T Full Tower - ASUS MBoard Maximus XII Hero Z490 - CPU Intel i9-10900K - 64GB RAM - MSI RTX2080 Super 8GB - [1xNVMe M.2 1TB + 1xNVMe M.2 2TB (Samsung)] + [1xSSD 1TB + 1xSSD 2TB (Crucial)] + [1xSSD 1TB (Samsung)] + 1 HDD Seagate 2TB + 1 HDD Seagate External 4TB - Monitor LG 29UC97C UWHD Curved - PSU Corsair RM1000x // Thrustmaster FCS & MS XBOX Controllers
March 14, 20206 yr Anyone here really think MSFS 2020 is in jeopardy because Mr. Bill departed from the scene? After they just spent all those $$$ developing it? Is this a premature burial, or wishful thinking?
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