"Quake 3 is in that category. Not because the Linux version isn't available, but because I'm not going to shell out yet another $40+ just to get the Linux binaries"
Er, but you missed one key point - you DONT need to go out and buy a second copy of Q3A simply because you want to dual boot.
Read what JC wrote again - they simply delayed the release of the conversion binaries, they didnt not release them. This was mentioned in JC's.plan from way back, before the release.
The first Q3A linux binary was available for download around about 6 months ago (although IIRC the 1.16 releases had a bug-fix related to the cdcheck which is relevant)
If you want to show support, buy it. If you dont, you can still play.
"for Ziff-Davis and USA Today....Who really cares all that much about "winning" over "average" users anymore? This is the mistake that sank the Atari ST and Amiga and quite frankly is one that should be avoided at all costs. " I disagree. What killed the Atari/Amiga was lack of support for standard and cheap hardware, which made the machines power/price ratio poor, and so ruling themselves out of the market for gamers (there was no support for PCI/ISA/IDE devices, so "atari specific" devices were required). This was a bad example, dont you think, considering you are suggesting that cheap and common hardware not be actively supported?
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"Quake 3 is in that category. Not because the Linux version isn't available, but because I'm not going to shell out yet another $40+ just to get the Linux binaries" Er, but you missed one key point - you DONT need to go out and buy a second copy of Q3A simply because you want to dual boot. Read what JC wrote again - they simply delayed the release of the conversion binaries, they didnt not release them. This was mentioned in JC's .plan from way back, before the release.
The first Q3A linux binary was available for download around about 6 months ago (although IIRC the 1.16 releases had a bug-fix related to the cdcheck which is relevant)
If you want to show support, buy it. If you dont, you can still play.
"for Ziff-Davis and USA Today....Who really cares all that much about "winning" over "average" users anymore? This is the mistake that sank the Atari ST and Amiga and quite frankly is one that should be avoided at all costs. " I disagree. What killed the Atari/Amiga was lack of support for standard and cheap hardware, which made the machines power/price ratio poor, and so ruling themselves out of the market for gamers (there was no support for PCI/ISA/IDE devices, so "atari specific" devices were required). This was a bad example, dont you think, considering you are suggesting that cheap and common hardware not be actively supported?