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Doom 3 Announced for Mac
thelemmings writes "Aspyr today announced that it will (finally) publish Doom 3 for the Macintosh. The game is scheduled for release Q1 2005 and the system requirements indicate that a G5 processor will be required, which seems quite surprising as it will leave iBooks and Powerbooks owners on the side of the road. Too bad iD Software didn't release a free OSX client like they previously did for linux version of the game."
That the huge banner advert for Doom 3 next to this story listing on /. was PURELY coincidental. Purely.
"Wow. Now THAT'S a lot of angry Indians." - Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer
Yes, we all know Mac users pay for all their software, that's why there doesn't exist any Warez bittorrent or any mac-warez on p2p networks and there are absolutely no p2p clients for the mac.
Those GNU/Linux users are just filthy thieves, unlike the honest Mac and especially Windows users as we all know. If it wasn't for GNU/Linux, p2p would not be a problem in today's world.
How about comparing the amount of Warez on an average Windows user's machine to that found on the average GNU/Linux user. I doubt you'd find that the Windows users would have the moral high ground and I don't really see any evidence suggesting that the Mac users would be any better.
Some Linux users actually make the switch because they don't want to use warez, others do it for philosophical reasons. In any case, you're always going to be in a very weak position when it comes to infringing copyright because the vast majority of the software you can use on GNU/Linux is Free.
I very much doubt anyone feeling he doesn't need to pay for software will feel inclined to switch to a free operating system where there will be fewer titles to choose from when he can just as easily copy the latest-and-greatest version of Windows (or OS X as that may be).
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