@John: Not completely true about the consoles, Microsoft worked with Sega on the Dreamcast. The Dreamcast actually ran DirectX 6 and I believe some stripped down version of Windows CE.
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@John: Not completely true about the consoles, Microsoft worked with Sega on the Dreamcast. The Dreamcast actually ran DirectX 6 and I believe some stripped down version of Windows CE.