This is great news. Myth is one of the most innovative and enjoyable games out today. It's a cross between Chess and Quake. Incredibly Bloody with great strategy. Who could ask for more? I still keep my Mac around so I can play...but it looks like now I'm going 100% Linux. Yipee!
My-Mug.com has lots of stuff including Tux on Polo Shirts... Use this link to see the Tux stuff...and then jump to the 'Wearables' category after the upload for the polo shirts..
If you are interested in Slashdot stuff...go here.
Ok. In my reply above and I said that this was announced in October 98. Well, I lied. The first time I heard it about it (from old emails) was Feb 15, 1999. Only a few months off.
Here's an excerpt from an article....that was posted on one of the major trade journals in Feb. (Probably Infoworld or News.com)
Retailer commits to Linux in 250 stores
Burlington Coat a big win for shareware OS; user sees better price/performance than NT
By David Orenstein 02/15/99
Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp.'s plan to run its stores on Linux may make users give real consideration to the shareware Unix operating system.
But then again, maybe not. After all, the retailer's infrastructure and culture are particularly well-suited to take it where many other companies fear to tread.
The $1 million-plus deployment at the $1.8 billion Burlington, N.J., discounter is the largest Linux retail installation announced by a U.S. company. "We're pumped," said CIO Mike Prince. "We finally made the business decision, and all the developers cheered."
Over the next 12 to 18 months, Burlington will install Linux on 1,150 computers in its 250 stores, Prince said. "Linux has come along so strongly, and the price of Intel PCs has dropped so much . . . [that it] is attractive from both a price and performance standpoint. It's free, and it runs like the wind."
You have to remember that it's The Bazaar that is lowering their prices to the same levels as IDGs.
From day one..LinuxWorld wanted to make sure everyone could afford to attend.
The Keynote with Linus, for example, is free.
They could have charged $1200 to attend like many shows do..but they decided to price it differently so that Linux enthusiasts of all types could attend.
Perhaps I'm wrong, but I always thought that the economics of the Video Game Industry were similar to the Razor blade industry:
i.e....Give a way the razors....charge a lot for the razor blades.
Sony makes a -lot- of money from Royalties from every game that is sold for the playstation. They probably make more from the games then they do from the players themselves.
Apple sold 800,000 imacs since August. I believe they have sold 1.6 million G3's since their introduction 16 months ago.
That's 2.4 million computers capable of running Connectix's new emulator. That's a lot of new 'playstations' in homes around the world. All these new users are going to be buying playstation games...which will go directly to Sony's bottom-line.
I saw the new G3 boxes in person today. They actually look a lot better then some of the pictures I've seen on the Web. The box seems to be smaller than a standard minitower.
The ability to get into the computer with a touch of a button is very cool. Just push..and the motherboards and bays become instantly available. Here's a picture in case you haven't seen it.
I saw two VW Beetle's at Macworld Expo today that looked like iMacs. I beleive there is company giving them a way as a promotion. They looked pretty cool...but I'm not sure I would want to be seen on the road with one of them.
It also allows other Macs to boot up from it. Steve Demonstrated a (drive-less) iMac booting directly from a server over 100base-T. It was very fast.
The cost is for the server with unlimited clients. Microsoft charges per seat, don't they? If so, this would be a substantial price break over NT servers.
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I remember copying my friends about it in mid-98.
Actually it was LinuxWorld that moved from DC to New York. (Linux Expo is a different show)
This is great news. Myth is one of the most innovative and enjoyable games out today. It's a cross between Chess and Quake. Incredibly Bloody with great strategy. Who could ask for more? I still keep my Mac around so I can play...but it looks like now I'm going 100% Linux. Yipee!
Use this link to see the Tux stuff...and after the upload choose boxershorts under 'Wearables'.
http://www.my-mug.com/art/linux.html
If you are interested in Slashdot stuff...go here
Use this link to see the Tux stuff...and then jump to the 'Wearables' category after the upload for the polo shirts..
If you are interested in Slashdot stuff...go here.
Here's an excerpt from an article....that was posted on one of the major trade journals in Feb. (Probably Infoworld or News.com)
It's big news...I don't think it's new news. I believe Burlington made their announcement in October(?) of last year.
http://www. my-mug.com/r.shtml?r=http://linuxonline.org/slashd ot99w2.jpg
Boxer shorts?
IDG Leeching on it?
..but they decided to price it differently so that Linux enthusiasts of all types could attend.
You have to remember that it's The Bazaar that is lowering their prices to the same levels as IDGs.
From day one..LinuxWorld wanted to make sure everyone could afford to attend.
The Keynote with Linus, for example, is free.
They could have charged $1200 to attend like many shows do
My $.02
Pat-
Perhaps I'm wrong, but I always thought that the economics of the Video Game Industry were similar to the Razor blade industry:
i.e....Give a way the razors....charge a lot for the razor blades.
Sony makes a -lot- of money from Royalties from every game that is sold for the playstation. They probably make more from the games then they do from the players themselves.
Apple sold 800,000 imacs since August. I believe they have sold 1.6 million G3's since their introduction 16 months ago.
That's 2.4 million computers capable of running Connectix's new emulator. That's a lot of new 'playstations' in homes around the world. All these new users are going to be buying playstation games...which will go directly to Sony's bottom-line.
Sony should be applauding not suing Connectix.
The ability to get into the computer with a touch of a button is very cool. Just push..and the motherboards and bays become instantly available. Here's a picture in case you haven't seen it.
I saw two VW Beetle's at Macworld Expo today that looked like iMacs. I beleive there is company giving them a way as a promotion. They looked pretty cool...but I'm not sure I would want to be seen on the road with one of them.
It also allows other Macs to boot up from it. Steve Demonstrated a (drive-less) iMac booting directly from a server over 100base-T. It was very fast.
The cost is for the server with unlimited clients. Microsoft charges per seat, don't they? If so, this would be a substantial price break over NT servers.