It's the same with almost all online games, not just MMOs. I've never played WoW because of that exact reason: Too many people just plainly and simply being abusive. I'd like to say too many KIDS, , but unfortunately the only 2 people I know that are guilty of this type of behavior are both adults, and not 18 year old adults, , mor like 38 year old adults.
That's exactly why I make mods for Unreal Tournament,,and NOT Counter-Strike/Half-Life 2, , , Most Counter-Strike/Half-Life 2 players are not worthy of my time and efforts. . . .
Linux is just plainly and simply not for the masses. There is such a huge number of people, a huge percentage of computer users that just plainly do not have the time, desire, the way of thinking needed to use Linux long-term. For all the low-level operation, including simple configuring, program/periphial install/uninstall, , windows is just plainly easier for those not using more that 10% of their system's capabilities.
Happens all the time,, vendor loses a bid for contract, and they try and stall the proceedings, throw irrelevant facts into the mix, all kinds of things, and since state and federal purchasing entities are largely bound by law to competitively bid, it at least gets listened to. Plus, it's typical for an entity like that to try and push an outrageous issue, if nothing else but to make the last outrageous issue look more acceptable in comparison.
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It's the same with almost all online games, not just MMOs. I've never played WoW because of that exact reason: Too many people just plainly and simply being abusive. I'd like to say too many KIDS, , but unfortunately the only 2 people I know that are guilty of this type of behavior are both adults, and not 18 year old adults, , mor like 38 year old adults. That's exactly why I make mods for Unreal Tournament, ,and NOT Counter-Strike/Half-Life 2, , , Most Counter-Strike/Half-Life 2 players are not worthy of my time and efforts. . . .
Linux is just plainly and simply not for the masses. There is such a huge number of people, a huge percentage of computer users that just plainly do not have the time, desire, the way of thinking needed to use Linux long-term. For all the low-level operation, including simple configuring, program/periphial install/uninstall, , windows is just plainly easier for those not using more that 10% of their system's capabilities.
Happens all the time,, vendor loses a bid for contract, and they try and stall the proceedings, throw irrelevant facts into the mix, all kinds of things, and since state and federal purchasing entities are largely bound by law to competitively bid, it at least gets listened to. Plus, it's typical for an entity like that to try and push an outrageous issue, if nothing else but to make the last outrageous issue look more acceptable in comparison.