I don't think Sony are attempting to protect their revenues through by controlling the quality of the Developers. I think they're attempting to protect their software API so that it can't be reproduced for a competing console (MickeySofts XBox for isntance).
The more games available on PS2, the more consoles Sony will sell - we've seen it before with PS1 vs Sega Saturn (Saturn was IMHO a vastly superior machine to PS1) and Atari ST vs Commodore Amiga.
No, it's the actual API which Sony wish to protect. However, I can't imagine them being too happy with Sony PS2 titles being availble on other platforms. Many PS1 games are exclusive to that platform and Sony may wish to see a similar situation for PS2.
Projected events over the next two years:
Oct 2000 - Source released
Mar 2001 - Complete rewrite from ground up started
Oct 2001 - JZW leaves project
Jan 2002 - MS-Office2002ASP.net released
Oct 2003 - OpenOffice reached build OO17
Oct 2003 - Sun release Staroffice v6 preview 3
Nov 2003 - KDE5 released with KOffice 3
Dec 2003 - OpenOffice version 1.0 released as a completely different product incorporating XML, SOAP, XUL, HTML, XHTML, Themes, Skins, Java, Bonobo, KParts, CORBA, OLE, GnomeBasic, PHP scripting and the kitchen sink.
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So the only way to beat Microsoft is by giving stuff away for free then?
VMWare must be released under the GPL or it can't be the standard bearer?
I don't think Sony are attempting to protect their revenues through by controlling the quality of the Developers. I think they're attempting to protect their software API so that it can't be reproduced for a competing console (MickeySofts XBox for isntance).
The more games available on PS2, the more consoles Sony will sell - we've seen it before with PS1 vs Sega Saturn (Saturn was IMHO a vastly superior machine to PS1) and Atari ST vs Commodore Amiga.
No, it's the actual API which Sony wish to protect. However, I can't imagine them being too happy with Sony PS2 titles being availble on other platforms. Many PS1 games are exclusive to that platform and Sony may wish to see a similar situation for PS2.
Didn't know Linus was still carrying that old blanket around with him. No doubt he needs it at Transmeta....
Projected events over the next two years: Oct 2000 - Source released Mar 2001 - Complete rewrite from ground up started Oct 2001 - JZW leaves project Jan 2002 - MS-Office2002ASP.net released Oct 2003 - OpenOffice reached build OO17 Oct 2003 - Sun release Staroffice v6 preview 3 Nov 2003 - KDE5 released with KOffice 3 Dec 2003 - OpenOffice version 1.0 released as a completely different product incorporating XML, SOAP, XUL, HTML, XHTML, Themes, Skins, Java, Bonobo, KParts, CORBA, OLE, GnomeBasic, PHP scripting and the kitchen sink.