[dayglored]

> The crash was a staged event, a hoax, designed to give the corporation “safe harbor” against claims of unwarranted high expectations for the product, should it fail. BG pulled that trick more than once.

I haven't heard that before about this one. Got a link? Or is that just hearsay?

[Company Man]

Um, yeah, no. Let’s just say, that was the word passed down in the halls of power of a certain Redmond based software company. I can tell you that some audio hardware manufacturers did this as well.