Maybe you guys have seen this already, but I just ran accross it.
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?t=10582
From: ARCHANGELMJ12
Just a note from youre inside man in the microsoft tech arena, although MS has dropped ACE fromits capacity as the workshop for the fsx programs,it will continue with the ms fsx fsxa franchise, and the top of the hour inside news as i reported a few months ago and now ive confirmed it personally, Microsoft is working on the finishing touches to their NEWEST GAME PLATFORM on the INTERNET MULTIPLAYER. They will be dropping the GAMESPY SERVERS AND GAMESPY ALL, THE REASONS ARE AS FOLLOWs , The amount of user complaints, The amount of crashes,and server failures, the repeated user name repeat, and the servers identifying incorrect data and prohibiting some communications within the computer communications internet programs, and the fact that Microsoft wants to keep its well used environment more user friendly and secure.So theres the scoop,and im sure you can guess what my next question was,..." so when am i going to be able to use all of this firepower and fx and when will be able to have real combat and real world simulations all within the real time sim world of flight, and what about some possible auto updates for the fsx scenery like where there are still craters in the middle of populated areas and a dam with a hidden runway at the base of a 1000 foot waterfall,(rough for landing,very wet for takeoff)and you know basic demographical updates like the 100000 acres in one county in new jersey is now a multitude of condos,three race tracks and 12 new malls built in the last 5 years.,theres so many place for the fsx program to go and the sky is not the limit and what makes all of this work is all of the flight sim pilots, the purveyors of the fine products and of course the creators and programers and the fine tuners and lets not forget this fine website SIM OUTHOUSE .:woot::woot::woot::amen:
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?t=10582
From: ARCHANGELMJ12
Just a note from youre inside man in the microsoft tech arena, although MS has dropped ACE fromits capacity as the workshop for the fsx programs,it will continue with the ms fsx fsxa franchise, and the top of the hour inside news as i reported a few months ago and now ive confirmed it personally, Microsoft is working on the finishing touches to their NEWEST GAME PLATFORM on the INTERNET MULTIPLAYER. They will be dropping the GAMESPY SERVERS AND GAMESPY ALL, THE REASONS ARE AS FOLLOWs , The amount of user complaints, The amount of crashes,and server failures, the repeated user name repeat, and the servers identifying incorrect data and prohibiting some communications within the computer communications internet programs, and the fact that Microsoft wants to keep its well used environment more user friendly and secure.So theres the scoop,and im sure you can guess what my next question was,..." so when am i going to be able to use all of this firepower and fx and when will be able to have real combat and real world simulations all within the real time sim world of flight, and what about some possible auto updates for the fsx scenery like where there are still craters in the middle of populated areas and a dam with a hidden runway at the base of a 1000 foot waterfall,(rough for landing,very wet for takeoff)and you know basic demographical updates like the 100000 acres in one county in new jersey is now a multitude of condos,three race tracks and 12 new malls built in the last 5 years.,theres so many place for the fsx program to go and the sky is not the limit and what makes all of this work is all of the flight sim pilots, the purveyors of the fine products and of course the creators and programers and the fine tuners and lets not forget this fine website SIM OUTHOUSE .:woot::woot::woot::amen: