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Scott Draeker Interview About Loki's Demise
An Anonymous Coward writes: "News forge is running an interview With lokigames president Scott Draeker. Looks like the leaked email wasn't a hoax after all. A very sad day for Linux. AOL? Redhat? IBM? someone please help these guys."
Not really. Loki was a regular ol' closed-source non-free company that ported games from windows to linux, slowly.
If you don't have any problem using closed-source software, go ahead and install XP. It's closed-source, but it's also quite stable, pretty secure (just grab a personal firewall) and most importantly, it has the best software and hardware compatibility (esp. games) of any platform.
If you want free software, Loki is not the answer. Let's keep with the idea of freedom, it is a good one.
Some people are willing to create games for free. Let's instead make it easy for them to reach a wider audience (linux) by supplying them with good tools, like Windows compatibility layers or stuff like SDL. (There may even be some people willing to use something like the street performer protocol to get paid simply to make the games, not to make copies of them. But maybe the world is still not ready for that idea.)
You are so far off you stink.
people who use warez and cracks, and serials are cheapskates who wont buy anything.
Linux and BSD users buy things. we just dont have to spend 1/2 our computer budget on the operating system and basic operation software. If they sold any of the Corel products I would buy them, I was waiting Eagerly to buy them. they never sold them or allowed purchase. If I could buy quicken for linux I would, (quickbooks? no way, BANAL is better.) I bought every Loki game. most of which right after they announced the chapter 11 but I had some before that.. Would I buy html editors or text editors? no, because I use the free stuff happily.
90% of the Linux users would happily buy closed source binaries of apps that they want for linux. the 10% that wont are the same 10% that want to warez everything. Just like the windows people. (SHOCKER!!! scumbags in the linux camp... get used to it they are everywhere.)
Loki's demise is sad but is is far from a forcaster or indicator. the Linux market is about to explode... and it will explode MASSIVELY.
If there was one app I would pay for without hesitation for linux? cool-edit pro. the best sound editor on the planet, hands down. (soundforge sucks compared to it... besides soundforge is a looping and cycle editing program for rappers and industrial not for music or sound editing.)
So you win the prize as the most wrong poster of slashdot tonight.... because Linux people do buy things, happily.
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