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Salon.com Technology | Inside the Xbox

Takahashi realizes that his book may annoy Microsoft corporate types.
"Any of the insidery stuff they just really didn't want to get out," he said. "The fact that the initial code name was Project Midway -- they don't want the Japanese people to know that because it will hurt their feelings." The Battle of Midway in 1942 was the turning point of the Pacific War. Before the November 2001 launch of the Xbox, all of the players in the console hardware market -- Sony, Nintendo and Sega -- were Japanese firms.

Hmmm...

I know I said at one point that I was going to start writing more commentary in this blog, but I guess I'm full of crap.