User: jnd3

GT's Reasoning?

On: Unreal Tournament Not To Include Linux Executable

While it seems insulting to the Linux community that GT is refusing to include a Linux binary with UT, take a moment to look at the deeper issue here. The main reason for GT's reluctance (gleaned from the .plan) is that they do not want to support a Linux executable. Look at the number of Linux distributions and their various releases, the number of different versions of XFree86, window managers, etc. A competent support person would need have, at the minimum, a passing familiarity with every flavor of Linux, all the idiosyncracies of the different window managers, and issues with various video cards under XFree86. You can also throw some kernel intricacies into the mix, and you're looking at a support nightmare. Now why they don't just release the Linux binary unsupported, we'll never know...

Regardless, the freedom that Linux allows is both its strength and its weakness. Most companies probably have a great fear of supporting something on a platform that is (at least currently) so amorphous!

I'm eager to see what will happen when XFree86 4.0 is released, given that it's intended to provide a (somewhat) more consistent interface for graphics!

Re:This is what drove me away from Christianity.

On: 'Kyle's Mom' is Dead at Age 38

I admire very much the historical Jesus that taught people to love their neighbors and turn the other cheek, and the Golden Rule is the primary force guiding my actions.

I'm detecting a bit of cognitive dissonance here. Remember, Jesus stated that He was God, not just another moral teacher. Logically, there are really only three choices you can make about the "historical" (which I'll take to mean Biblical) Jesus.

1. He was lying.
2. He was a lunatic.
3. He was telling the truth.