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Is id Abandoning Linux?
edv writes "In a news posting dated 10th of September, Beyond3D is reporting of an article in a German publication in which id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead discusses the upcoming id title Rage and the engine it runs on, codenamed 'id Tech 5'. Amongst other things Todd mentions that no Linux version of the game is planned at the moment, and that it will run on Direct3D on Windows platform. OpenGL version is planned for the Mac however. If true, this would be a serious blow for Linux gaming (insert jokes here) as id and Carmack have been strong proponents of OpenGL and openness in the past."
Yeah man, those stupid windows users wanting an easy interface to control most of their system's settings through a GUI. They should inform themselves of Linux and not dismiss it completely.
Oh, did you hear about Vista and how it doesn't support OpenGL at all? Also, did you hear about Vista backdoors Microsoft uses to empty your bank account? I don't see how anyone could use Windows anymore. I switched after 95.
You need to check your OWN facts before running off at the mouth. OpenGL is a library for writing graphical applications, not 'games' per se. The consortium that created OpenGL and nurtured it didn't sit around in someone's living room and say 'duh, hey, dude, let's make a library for games'! By the way, OpenGL isn't a standard. You obviously know nothing about computing, either.
F**knut.
Carmack, despite Slashdot attempts to twist his statements, has ALWAYS been a big proponent of DirectX. So this is really no surprise.
id will create the game one time, for Windows. It will be converted to OpenGL by another company... so by the time Quake 27 comes out for the PC, Mac gamers can get their "new" game.
As for teh Lunix... well, Carmack knows, as does the rest of id, that supporting teh Lunix for anything other than server will never sell any copies of the game. It also requires an outlay of time and money (since non-FOSSie programmers have to get paid), meaning id LOSES money on creating a Lunix client.
Carmack is far more interested in building rocket ships now. Wasting any more time with Teh Lunix only detracts from that.
It's good to have priorities!
That interview reminds me of the bit in "System Shock 2" where some character says something like
"He doesn't understand what we're doing down here or the [voice changes from human to distorted alien]GLORY OF OUR PURPOSE. GLORY TO THE MANY!"
And then you know he's been assimilated
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
Grow up, faggot.
i've just lost all respect for id for supporting that loser operating system. you can shove your little game.