Thanks for summarizing the first Fast Company article! Unfortunately, you have added nothing to this discussion, but you did get the karma you were seeking.
You should be ashamed of yourself. Adequacy is such a waste of effort and time, couldn't you do something better with your talents?
Oh well, once a troll, always a troll. Can't you (and your cohorts) quit posting here, now that you have a site dedicated to that nonsense? You, and your kind, have made this web log almost worthless.
I have a modern computer system, with a P3 processor. Boot time is seconds, and the kernel idea would not be a full Windows install (of course you knew that) and therefore would also load quickly.
Personally, I could wait an extra 30 seconds for that.
...ISP that will supply you bandwidth. That will protect you from being tied into one provider, and then they go out of business you can still have your access.
Make a bootable CD-ROM with Win32 kernel. Run the game directly from the CD, and write a small hardware config file to the hard drive (where Linux is still safely installed). Saved games could be stored there as well.
Hopefully it doesn't overshadow all of the hard work the XMMS people have done.
Come on, XMMS is not very good (at best). I have stability problems using it (Mandrake 8.0) and the look and feel is a complete ripoff of WinAmp.
If it is as stable on Linux as it is on the Windows platform, this will be a winner.
The friends that I have using Linux would rather dick around compiling kernels than play games.
Sure there are 10 million users, but how many would actually play games? Probably 1-2%, and of that 1-2%, 75% would want the games for free.
Do the math, there ain't much money to be had there.
There is little open source software for windows, because authors of open source software do not want to support Microsoft.
This is not intended as flamebate, but programmers generally like to get paid for the work they do. The OSS model is a money-making bust, driven by idealism. It almost seems like blasphemy if you charge for any OSS software!
If you want to generate revenue, then you develop for Windows. Right or wrong, demand drives the market.
Demand, as far as I can tell, has not slipped. Availability is the problem. I would sign up right now, if only DSL or cable were offered here. This is true for my co-workers and some of my neighbors.
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Care to offer evidence of that?
Thanks for summarizing the first Fast Company article! Unfortunately, you have added nothing to this discussion, but you did get the karma you were seeking.
You should be ashamed of yourself. Adequacy is such a waste of effort and time, couldn't you do something better with your talents?
Oh well, once a troll, always a troll. Can't you (and your cohorts) quit posting here, now that you have a site dedicated to that nonsense? You, and your kind, have made this web log almost worthless.
I don't know if that is necessarily true. And who said that this would have to be accomplished behind Microsoft's back?
I would be an interesting project!
IIRC, Trumpet software (in Australia) was creating exactly what I described. No idea about the progress of that product.
I have a modern computer system, with a P3 processor. Boot time is seconds, and the kernel idea would not be a full Windows install (of course you knew that) and therefore would also load quickly.
Personally, I could wait an extra 30 seconds for that.
Is a nice package, and it definetly runs better than OpenOffice/Star Office.
I guess I don't care if it is open or not, but free is great.
On the Windows side of the fence, software602 makes a nice, small, free office suite.
...ISP that will supply you bandwidth. That will protect you from being tied into one provider, and then they go out of business you can still have your access.
Make a bootable CD-ROM with Win32 kernel. Run the game directly from the CD, and write a small hardware config file to the hard drive (where Linux is still safely installed). Saved games could be stored there as well.
I have GPL'ed this idea. Enjoy.
Hopefully it doesn't overshadow all of the hard work the XMMS people have done. Come on, XMMS is not very good (at best). I have stability problems using it (Mandrake 8.0) and the look and feel is a complete ripoff of WinAmp. If it is as stable on Linux as it is on the Windows platform, this will be a winner.
The friends that I have using Linux would rather dick around compiling kernels than play games. Sure there are 10 million users, but how many would actually play games? Probably 1-2%, and of that 1-2%, 75% would want the games for free. Do the math, there ain't much money to be had there.
How much does the British Pound weight?
There is little open source software for windows, because authors of open source software do not want to support Microsoft.
This is not intended as flamebate, but programmers generally like to get paid for the work they do. The OSS model is a money-making bust, driven by idealism. It almost seems like blasphemy if you charge for any OSS software!
If you want to generate revenue, then you develop for Windows. Right or wrong, demand drives the market.
Then, there is an inevitable fall off in demand.
Demand, as far as I can tell, has not slipped. Availability is the problem. I would sign up right now, if only DSL or cable were offered here. This is true for my co-workers and some of my neighbors.