"Mike Ash" wrote in message
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"Robert M. Gary" wrote:

On Feb 22, 11:59 am, John Godwin wrote:
It seems as if Microsoft is pulling the plug on MS Flight Simulator.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7902468.stm

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To be honest its a bit sad. I certainly don't have time to do all the
real flying I need to do (I have a waiting list of students) much less
time to play with the computer. However, I remember as a youth getting
version 2.0 of MSFS and playing with that. Back then the graphics were
just little white lines and you reallyl didn't know you were at an
airport until you overran it. However, the simulation was ok and the
gauges looked cool to me.

I wouldn't worry. While MS may have hit the point of diminishing
returns, there is still certainly a place in the market for simulators.
X-Plane is going to get a huge boost from this, and I'll bet than one or
two new simulators will be popping up to fill the void.


I did see that X-Plane is now sold at Best Buy, that alone has to help
sales.