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Look at TimeDoctor.Org on the main page, and you'll find this story.

Why isn't this news on Slashdot? We are talking about the most anticipated title for the past 7 years, is complete 99% yet will not be released because it didn't polish, even has exceptionaly great footage that would shame all ID Software titles in terms of Fun-factor and engine function, yet it has tailspinned into a massive faceplant for which Duke himself has been spanked. We're talkin' 'bout programmers DIEING in the course of production in such an environment, and it is cancelled!

Ah yes, Al Mackey. One of the famous Mackey brothers from the old Amiga community. I remember Ed Mackey wrote some great software back in the day, whereas Al was the artistic one.. And an incorrigible furry. Well, at least he's not an erotic furry, which puts him a step or two further up the geek ladder. (One step down is erotic furries, one further step would be like erotic furry star trek fans, who draw captain kirk as an ocelot or something stupid like that.)
  Hmm. You know, it's funny. Out of four amiga artists I can think of off the top of my head, three are furries, and the fourth is a polyandrist. Maybe that's why timedoctor.org declared AmigaOS to be the #2 OS for creepy old men.* LOL.

  * http://timedoctor.org/index.php?id=2352 -- Linux got #1, naturally.

Your comparison to World of Warcraft is ridiculous. Wine most certainly emulates windows' api and running environment. World of Warcraft runs natively on the macintosh, without using any sort of windows emulation, or wine, or any such thing. Call it a pretendulator if you want, it doesn't change the fact that it isn't native. Just like my icculus.org/quake3 project runs on windows, mac, linux, solaris, and more, natively, without windows emulation.

Go ahead, mod me troll if you must, that doesn't mean the reasons listed at the above link are wrong.

At Time Doctor Dot Org, we've already upgraded to the latest service pack of windows xp home, and services for unix for our web server and mail server. The Aliens Versus Predator server is next from Windows NT.

You might as well check out the Gentoo OPTIMIZBATION Guide http://timedoctor.org/index.php?id=2183

First off i've only been using linux about 6 months. The realization that win98 wasn't going to cut it anymore, combined with a growing hatred for MS drove me there. now i won't buy anything from them, not even if bill himself swore to resurrect my beloved dog smokey from the grave.

Before i made the switch, i did a lot of reading about linux. my real question was "Can it run or replace the software i use most?" Yes it can, for the most part. in the end my biggest concern (foolish, but probably true for more potential linux users than one might think) was gaming. to make a long story short, transgaming gave me the comfort to switch over because (based on their database) i knew i could run my games with them IF i couldn't find another solution.

i used linux 3-4 months and actually played all the games i wanted (read: CounterStrike, and please don't flame me for that) on openGL-enabled installs of regular old WINE. about 3 months ago, i decided to subscribe to wineX because 1) $5/month was worth the time it took me to compile WINE as often as i did. rpm=easy 2) wineX works better than reg. old wine for games. 3) "Wow, this is $15 dollars towards supporting Linux!" so imagine my surprise a few days ago when i started reading this anti-winex stuff. Transgaming was part of the reason i even tried out Linux, and now i find that i could be hurting linux gaming by supporting it?

Obviously, native ports of games are the best option. I don't even like UT but it's on my buy list now only because it runs natively. One solution i have to the 'if you buy it at walmart, it counts as a windows sale' argument is this: when you buy your copy, e-mail ID/Atari/whoever and tell them that you use this game on linux, you appreciate their efforts, and that Ryan Gordon should be king.

others have addressed most of the 10 "P" arguments against Cedega. I find that the strongest and hardest to answer is Prevention. e-mails to ID/Atari are great, but I won't lie, $ makes the strongest argument for the developer.

when i first started with linux, I e-mailed Valve a few times about porting their games. No surprise that they didn't respond, but elsewhere they've stated they have no plans for that. Knowing this, i was very surprised to see this from valve on this forum yesterday. (forums are open to public)

In an e-mail exchange with a branch of Valve Software, I recently recieved this:

We are working very closely with Transgaming to get our games to continue to run well on Cedega in the future.

Well I guess Valve knows about Transgaming. I doubt that they would consider a linux port even if WineX didn't exist, so no "prevention" is probably occuring, but it is interesting. Mostly because Valve is looking more and more like microsoft to me these days. why? 1) steam 2) said refusal to port 3)Gabe Newell used to work there. I don't know what his relationship with MS is these days, but he's an intelligent man and he has been using Outlook for his e-mail (look at info on the source code theft for HL2) so that doesn't bode well. one wonders if i should support them at all anymore...

On the flip side, we can look at LucasArts. Surely they know that you can run many of their games (i've personally run JK2 even on regular WINE) but apparently they are at least considering porting to linux. We'll see about that... either way their path here could be indicative of the truth or slander behind the 'prevention' argument.

IMHO, the best way to find out if 'prevention' is a real threat is to find Ryan "Icculus" Gordo

Check it out.

The original article appears to be: http://timedoctor.org/~theoddone33/10points.html

Boycott now

I would like Transgaming to rott and dissapear, if you don't, then take a look at this

You sound like one of the 'creative individual's that put together a boycot WineX page that has no real proof or facts about why they are boycotting it other then to be a Linux Zealot

Why not a boycot MAME campaign or boycot ANY 'emulator' for that matter? Makes no sense, stop trying to rationalize your dislikes with FUD

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Transgaming have said they will not actively promote compatability with games that have native ports, but this is a lie, their comments made on the Majesty section of their website make it quite plain they consider they are superior to native and they intend to beat native out of the market.

They are determined to ensure that Linux has second rate products and are a slave to Windows for our products and our api.

At Tux Games, we are more determined to ensure Linux has quality products than making a quick buck. We have turned down the opportunity to stock winex compatable games on our store, and we have invested heavily in producing native ports of games through our LGP branch. Native is the only future trhat leaves Linux viable and self-sufficient.

Transgaming have already shown that they dont really care about the Linux market, having ported a game from mac to windows without even bothering to make a Linux version.

Sacrifice apparently

The Whys and Hows of Porting Softwareby Ryan Gordon (icculus of icculus.org)

Spy Hunter: For once, Windows users get ripped off by transgaming

Sacrifice apparently

The Whys and Hows of Porting Softwareby Ryan Gordon (icculus of icculus.org)

Spy Hunter: For once, Windows users get ripped off by transgaming

free reyes

Like this?

I hope transgaming goes bust.
I have little sympathy for mandrake - As they can profit in the good times they shouldn't beg in the bad (but thanks for the software contributions). The fsf and debian are much more deserving causes. Xiph does good stuff too.

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