Message no. 1

From:	Geoff Skellams <geoff.skellams@*********.COM.AU>
Subject:	More on the MS/FIT deal (from the Crimson Skies forum)
Date:	Mon, 11 Jan 1999 09:26:10 +1100

Hi all,
I pulled this from the Crimson Skies forum. It was posted by
Scott Janssens, who is one of the programmers currently with FIT. I hope
this might help explain some of the rationale behind the buyout:

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MS has published many games, Flight Sim, Age of Empires, Monster Truck
Madness, Motocross Madness, etc. The Flight Simulator was the only game
that was developed in house. The rest were made by 3rd party developers.
Working with 3rd party developers presents many problems and these
problems can be expensive (As FIT learned with the computer game that
became Crimson Skies). MS was looking to build their own internal game
development staff. After talking with FIT about a publishing deal, MS
realized that what they wanted, FIT already had. MS bought FIT based on
the products that we are currently working on. If that doesn't whet your
appitite, I don't know what will :)
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For those who would like to read it on the web, the URL is
http://www.crimsonskies.com/forum/index.pl?read2

hope this helps

cheers
G
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