Jim Brouillette

I hate to be a party pooper but evidently no one is reading the last paragraph of the press release. This is goning to be a "Windows Live" release. You won't be buying software you will be buying time on their site to participate. Also looks like they have knocked the developers out of the game as you will only be able to purchase "Updates" from the game site. They will now have total control and you will be totally at their mercy. I think FSX and FS9 will be around for a long time to come. Ubisoft did this with Silent Hunter and I don't believe it has gone over very well. It's a double hit as you pay to participate and you pay for the bandwidth. Hop I am wrong but thats the way I read it. :(

Just thought I would add my two cents. I have been running it for two days and really do like it. I have all of the add-ons and have removed a few. I've been flying (Real life) for many years and the textures look pretty good to me. These packages are personal taste items so there is bound to be differing of opinion. However, I think the author, or better yet, assembler of this package is to be commended for a lot of hard work that he is sharing with the community free of charge. He fully admits that they are not his original works and that because this work took a long period of time to bring together he doesn't remember where each package comes from. Heck, I have a lot of files on my computer I can't remember the origin of. If there is payware in there, and I haven't seen anything yet that I recognize, I am sure that the author will and will take appropriate steps. In the interim, if you like it, enjoy it. If not, you haven't lost a thing. Personally I appreciate the effort and thank you for sharing! Jim Brouillette :(