They're not telling what kind of information they're sending over is or for what purposes they're going to use it.
Instead, they just rule out a few things. This makes it even more suspicious.
And since I don't use Microsoft programs, I don't know, but is it enabled by default?
This sounds like a huge extrapolation, Carmack is speaking about his bitter past experiences. Just because he didn't make enough ca$h from Linux userland doesn't mean Linux gaming has no future.
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They're not telling what kind of information they're sending over is or for what purposes they're going to use it. Instead, they just rule out a few things. This makes it even more suspicious. And since I don't use Microsoft programs, I don't know, but is it enabled by default?
Indeed, if you take inflation into account, IBM doubles Apple http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/20/apple-is-not-the-most-valuable-company-in-the-history-of-the-world-ibm-won-the-prize-in-1967-with-a-value-of-1-3-trillion/
I take it you have never logged into CERN.
But only 1GB/s is recorded: http://www.itnews.com.au/News/310769,computing-for-the-large-hadron-collider.aspx
This sounds like a huge extrapolation, Carmack is speaking about his bitter past experiences. Just because he didn't make enough ca$h from Linux userland doesn't mean Linux gaming has no future.
I can confirm this based on real life experience that spans 10 years and 4 countries