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Microsoft may shutter Popfly Web mashup tool

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Eric

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I used to play with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000. It was an awesome feeling to fly. The very first time I tried it, I swear my stomach could feel altitude changes, LOL. Later versions of the program, which I never played with, actually incorporated Navteq map data(!).

Sorry to hear FS is dead. R.I.P.

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There are people saying they might be phasing out the Zune...

iPodNN | Microsoft Zune revenue drops by $100 million

We have an iPod touch, that thing rocks.. our kids actually prefer to watch their cartoons on it sometimes. The sound and video are crisp, and there's a little heft to the device so they can use it as a weapon on each other. What more can you ask for in a PDA/music player?

Eric

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It seems like such a seminal product, I'm surprised they would kill it. But development costs must have grown exponentially over the years. Licensing Navteq data can't be cheap.

Maybe they are going to merge it into Virtual Earth.

Eric

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What else have they killed over the years?

About a year ago was FrontPage.

The last release of FoxPro was several years ago.
Visual FoxPro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

PerformancePoint is going away and bits folded into other products.
The OLAP Report: The rise and fall of Microsoft PerformancePoint Planning

There's actually a Wikipedia article about Discontinued Microsoft software though it doesn't look up to date.
Category: Discontinued Microsoft software - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I miss CD Player and Microsoft Mail! What is the chance I could get them to run on Windows XP?

Eric

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From The Register, an article about Microsoft Flight Simulator Partners Just Flight and Flight One Software --

What's next for Microsoft's Flight Sim partners?

Eric

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MSFT discontinued updating Wikipedia? LOL!

Two pages of interesting reading. Thanks for the link. It makes one think how easily things can change. If FS can be discontinued, couldn't the same happen to Streets & Trips, or even MapPoint?

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They did discontinue AutoRoute, correct?

I have to wonder if they were losing money on Flight Simulator or if they just were making the level of ROI they need or what the real financial picture was for them to shutter ACES Studios.

Eric

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They did , however, people who are willing to pay more, can buy MapPoint Europe.

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