OpenTTD 1.0.0 Released

Gmer writes "Eming.com reports that OpenTTD, the open source clone of the Microprose game Transport Tycoon Deluxe, has reached a milestone. OpenTTD 1.0.0 has been released 6 years after work started on the first version, with the help of hundreds of contributors and thousands of testers/players. Over 30 language translations are considered complete, and OpenTTD is available for *BSD, Linux, Solaris and Windows. OpenTTD is a business simulation game in which the player is in control of a transport company and can compete against rival companies to make as much profit as possible by transporting passengers and various goods by road, rail, sea or air."

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Re:Great work!

[pandrijeczko]

If you're the same AC that I responded to originally then you seem to be very good at writing utter crap.

Firstly, why does someone like me, as an OSS supporter (incidentally, that's on Linux *and* Windows XP as I use OSS tools like Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org, GIMP, and many others) give a toss about OSS being a "competitive force" in the marketplace? I just *USE* the stuff and try to support the developers of it with useful ideas or feedback, I really could care less whether a low or high percentile of the computer populace is using it also. It fulfills jobs *I* need it to do, end of story.

Secondly, I think the term is "derived" work, much in the same way that Windows, OS X and other GUI-based OSes are all "derived" from the original Xerox GUI to some degree. Get used to it, the whole world of computing is full of derived works and plagiarism...

So please stop making the assumption that everyone who supports OSS is a fanboi. I still have legal Windows XP licenses that I use because I play games and because there are a handful of "killer apps" on Windows that FOSS cannot duplicate as of yet - but at least I can hold my head up and say that every piece of software I use is used legally according to its licensing terms.