Damn, I wonder if someone on the launch team will leak a copy? ----- Original Message -----

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I can't belive that some hungry lawyer hasn't filed a case accusing Microsoft, though their Flight Simulator software, of aiding and abetting the terrorists. Is it true they pulled their latest version which could fly into skyscrapers? Might become a ghastly collector's item.

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010917/tc/attacks_microsoft_2.html

Monday September 17 7:43 PM ET Microsoft Delays Flying Game Launch

REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Microsoft Corp. plans to delay the launch of a new version of Flight Simulator, its popular computer game that allows players to fly airplanes over New York City and other metropolitan areas, because of last week's terrorist attacks.

``It's just an inappropriate time to release the product,'' Microsoft spokesman Matt Pilla said Monday from the company's Redmond headquarters.

No new launch date has been set for Flight Simulator 2002, which was originally due out in October.

In existing versions of Flight Simulator, players can pilot aircraft ranging from gliders to jetliners over much of the world, with detailed scenery of airports and cities, including New York and the World Trade Center towers. Should an aircraft strike a building or other structure, the program shows the plane has crashed, but the buildings do not blow up.

Microsoft announced Friday it would remove depictions of the World Trade Center's twin towers from the new version.

The company also will put out a software patch that allows people to remove the towers from existing versions of the game (...)