Why Port To PC? Shareware Still alive!

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Why Port To PC? Shareware Still alive!

Posted by timothy on Sunday March 23, 2003 @01:10PM from the postcardware-is-the-nicest-form dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Here is an interesting interview with Tom Anthony, describing why Ambrosia Software are porting their Mac games to the PC market. Do you think their games can really sell after being ported? I thought shareware was dead, but all their games are still using shareware as well."

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First p0rt! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-23 13:12 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I am th3 1337 bike sp33dometer seg7 dude!
fp by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-23 13:12 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Has any one got a shareware/demo version of unreal yet?
Re:FP by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-23 13:17 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I love it when the anti-war thread is below the first post. Don't have to skip dozens of boring on-topic posts to get to the real important stuff then.
GET SOME PRIORITIES by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-23 13:18 · Score: -1, Offtopic

The worst war is recent history is currently going on and you people are talking about shareware?!?! My GOD, people, GET SOME BLOODY PRIORITIES!
1. Re:GET SOME PRIORITIES by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-23 13:21 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  You FUCKHEAD! Post your anti-war stuff below the GODDAMN FIRST POST so people don't have to wade through endless "Shareware Still alive!" shit!
GET SOME PRIORITIES by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-23 13:30 · Score: -1, Offtopic

The worst war is recent history is currently going on and you people are talking about shareware?!?! My GOD, people, GET SOME BLOODY PRIORITIES!

(hope that made you happy, Mr. AC)
Re:FP by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-23 13:34 · Score: -1, Offtopic

First chemical weapons plant found.
Blix macht nichts!
Jaques "Chihuahua" Chiraq: lay by your dish. How do you manage to be a dog, a jackass, and a cheese-eating surrender monkey at the same time?
Go W!
THE WAR by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-23 13:41 · Score: -1, Offtopic

evil will always triumph because good is dumb! (how fitting)
ryze.com... by rehabdoll · 2003-03-23 13:44 · Score: 0, Offtopic

<html><body></body></html> wo w, you really got what you paid for :)
SPIRITED AWAY WINS OSCAR by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-23 13:58 · Score: -1, Offtopic

It's true, SPIRITED AWAY won oscar for best animated movie!
Bah by TheOnlyCoolTim · 2003-03-23 14:13 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I looked at that forum once. Most every post was someone asking a question or starting a discussion and then 10 board regulars jumping on him saying "We already talked about that a year ago!" and "Use the search feature, jackass!"

Tim

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Why ask 'Why'? by t0ny · 2003-03-23 14:31 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Here is an interesting interview with Tom Anthony, describing why Ambrosia Software are porting their Mac games to the PC market
very breif article, describing how the company thought they would do better if they sold more than 100 copies, and how gay prostitution was getting tiresome.

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Those that truly understand binary realize that... by barfy · 2003-03-23 18:01 · Score: 0, Offtopic

There are 1 types of people in the world, those that understand binary and those that don't...... (Nobody would use 2 bits to describe something that can use only one bit)
Everything can be shareware by nurb432 · 2003-03-24 02:20 · Score: 0, Offtopic

If you download it first to 'test' it.

Hey, it really does happen.. if you think ill fork out 700 bucks for an application with no opportunity to test,and no refund policy, then you are nuts. ( or even 15 bucks for music with out hearing what is on the 'b-tracks' )

And dont say 'read the reviews'.. that only goes so far..

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Re:Those that truly understand binary realize that by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-24 02:22 · Score: -1, Offtopic

There are 1 types of people in the world, those that understand binary and those that don't...... (Nobody would use 2 bits to describe something that can use only one bit)

1 binary == 1 decimal

You need 1 bit to describe each of the types, but you need two bits to describe the number of types. So there are 10 types of people, 0 and 1. Rephrazed in decimal, there are 2 types, 0 and 1. 2 decimal == 10 binary.

Those who truly understand binary (or numbers in general) realize that.