Not good news for FS

[Mike Bridge]

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_i ... tory=21981

Big cuts

[Kevin Hester]

Yeah, there's a topic about this in the flight sim world forums also..... I just hope that those developers can find jobs quickly. It's a shame to see talent like that go to waste and get shoved.

[Mike Schmitt]

I hope this does not signal the end to the this fantastic product they have.

[Mike Bridge]

You see the US Army has Choosen X-Plane for there training in some simulators.
Maybe a sign of things to come ???

I heard the Scenery on X-Plane is top notch, but quality airplanes are down as not many developers use it

[Ken S]

Does this mean we won't be able to spend oodles of MONEY every 2 months for computer hardware upgrades.

Ken S

[Kevin Hester]

I see it as a positive note.

Now developers can concentrate on their current products and upgrade them with new service packs. With the delay in development of FS11, the developers don't have to worry about it as much.

[Mike Bridge]

http://www.x-plane.com/ms_to_xp/ms_to_xp.html

X-Plane was quick to move

No FS staff are left at microsoft, they have all been sacked.
So no FS11 unless the look to hire a new or different crew

[rav72]

You see the US Army has Choosen X-Plane for there training in some simulators.
Maybe a sign of things to come ??? (...)

http://www.strategypage.com/dls/article ... 195352.asp

Ralf

[rav72]

http://simflight.com/2009/02/is-microso ... -dev-team/