The answer is that Gabe is ex-Microsoft and he knows the implications of HL2 on Linux. I would venture to say at least 100,000 to 250,000 poeple would migrate to Linux over the next 2 to 3 years if HL2 was available. Maybe even more. HL2 is one of those apps that would push Linux on the desktop into a new realm. Gabe and Valve are not going to be responsible for that.
MMORPG forums are hangouts for gamers of the worst kind. I don't care if you have 24/7 moderators, you will never be able to stop the flow of idiots in a MMORPG forum.
Darl and the Canopy group have a LONG history of just barely skirting SEC regulations and know exactly what to do to stay off the SEC radar.
Its obvious to anyone that those papers were filed close enough to the lawsuit that insiders know about it. In fact, do you know any company who would up and sue someone for a billion dollars without any prior planning at all? Especically when the suit could bring about the end of the compant? This suit is a cash out pump and dump scam, nothing more. The question is, can it be proven in court? I doubt it.
Aactually, it would be very foolish of MS to start enforcing DirectX patents on developers. There is no better way for them to scare developers away from DirectX than to start suing people for using a SDK you can download for free. Not only that, you can't just selectively enforce a patent on someone and noone else.
WineX is a dead end, as soon as there are enough Linux gamers that developers code their games knowing that there will be a PC,Xbox, Linux, and Mac port.
You must have some good eye. I can't really notice any difference between Quake3 Linux and Quake3 windows besides the fact I get about 25fps more in Linux.
Majesty sucks and so does SpyHunter.
TuxGames should be applauding WineX. If it was not for WineX, I would not be gaming on my Linux desktop because many of the games I want to play don't have native ports and never will. Since I've been gaming on my Linux desktop I've placed at least 5 orders with Tux Games in the last year to get more games to play on my Linux desktop. I don't care if its WineX or not as long as it runs. I just placed my Savage pre-order with you and if you sold games that ran on WineX I would buy them from you too.
My brother whom also switched to Linux after he found out Ultima Online ran via WineX also bought SimCity 3000 from you, and Quake3 after uninstalling Windows.. Those sales were generated by a Linux desktop user who switched because of WineX. Both of us will be ordering MOAA from you as well.
Anyway, I am surprised that a business person such as yourself does not understand the basic principle of supply and demand. For a company to supply a good, there has to be a demand for it. WineX increases demand for games that run on Linux, be it via WineX or not.
Developers will port to Linux one day for the same reason they port to PC, Xbox, PS2, and GC which is to make extra money on their investment.
I loved the book. Carmack's work ethic has inspired me to work harder and code better.
One thing that was strange was when I went to Barnes and Noble to pick up the book I walked all over the place looking for it. I checked the game section, the computer section, the biography section. Could not find it. Then on my way to the bathroom I found it, in the Crossword puzzle section. How stupid of me for not checking there before.
WineX has never crashed my machine. If I start installing unsupported games and messing with them maybe WineX will eat a 100% cpu but its nothing a little ctr-alt-backspace, then a startx can't cure in 2 seconds.
Anyway, I would run memtest86 on your machine, maybe you have other issues that WineX is just tripping on.
I'm curious about a couple things. First, what do people call Redhat support for? I mean, I understand if you have a 9i cluster or something but what else? You could google a fix in way less time for pretty much any Redhat problem.
How often do people have problems with their Redhat Linux systems? When 7.2 was out, I had Redhat 4.2 machines running on P-233Mhz with 100 web hosting customers each happily humming along with 1000+ day uptimes.
I'm sure after the Redhat annoucement and SCO's stock dropped, Darl and all his buddies bought tons of stock. Now they are running their mouths again to get the price back up.
"Taylor says he plans to focus on (and fund) studies that 'will highlight Microsoft's advantages in areas such as security, feature-completeness and total cost of ownership."
This basically means they are using Linux to find ideas on how to make Windows better.
Yes, its been possible to run PS7 for a long time, mosly due to CodeWeavers. What I thought was funny was that several industry 'experts' called WINE an emulator. I wonder if they even know what WINE stands for.
I have Photoshop 7 running with CrossOver office on a AthonXP 2800+ and Gentoo, runs like a dream. Its actually never crashed and even the auto online update thingy works. Speed wise, the app feels like your running Redhat. Sometimes things take a second to draw and mouse events are slower than normal. You also cannot resize the toolbar thing, thats ok though.
Are IP and Copyrights the same? I thought that they were two seperate and distinct areas of law.
You apply for a patent on something you invent or more likely steal from the OSS community. When you recieve your patent, that is IP.
A copyright simply means that material cannot be plagiarized, copied word for word, or dirived from, etc, without paying someone some money. The code can do the same thing, it just can't be the same code, whereas with patent, the code can't do the same thing. Or in the case of books, everyone can write their own murder/mystery novel, they just can't steal paragraphs from each other.
So, IBM may hold the RCU technology patent, but according to their contract with SCO, the actual code that makes it happen is owned by SCO. IBM could hire some folks to rewrite RCU from scratch and that would fix the problem.
I'm only guessing here though. All my law expertise or lack there of comes from Slashdot.
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The answer is that Gabe is ex-Microsoft and he knows the implications of HL2 on Linux. I would venture to say at least 100,000 to 250,000 poeple would migrate to Linux over the next 2 to 3 years if HL2 was available. Maybe even more. HL2 is one of those apps that would push Linux on the desktop into a new realm. Gabe and Valve are not going to be responsible for that.
Gaming is probably in the top 3 reasons why americans have broadband and I'm sure its a higher priority than P2P.
Radio Shack sells a PS2 to USB adapter for like $10.
Is there a new file dialog box or is it still trying to emulate the one found in Windows 1.0?
MMORPG forums are hangouts for gamers of the worst kind. I don't care if you have 24/7 moderators, you will never be able to stop the flow of idiots in a MMORPG forum.
Darl and the Canopy group have a LONG history of just barely skirting SEC regulations and know exactly what to do to stay off the SEC radar.
Its obvious to anyone that those papers were filed close enough to the lawsuit that insiders know about it. In fact, do you know any company who would up and sue someone for a billion dollars without any prior planning at all? Especically when the suit could bring about the end of the compant? This suit is a cash out pump and dump scam, nothing more. The question is, can it be proven in court? I doubt it.
Also, just so everyone knows, Apple sucks, Intel Sucks, and so does Redhat and all FreeBSD.
hahaha! Intel sucks and so does Windows ,AMD is the king!
Aactually, it would be very foolish of MS to start enforcing DirectX patents on developers. There is no better way for them to scare developers away from DirectX than to start suing people for using a SDK you can download for free. Not only that, you can't just selectively enforce a patent on someone and noone else. WineX is a dead end, as soon as there are enough Linux gamers that developers code their games knowing that there will be a PC,Xbox, Linux, and Mac port.
You must have some good eye. I can't really notice any difference between Quake3 Linux and Quake3 windows besides the fact I get about 25fps more in Linux.
Majesty sucks and so does SpyHunter. TuxGames should be applauding WineX. If it was not for WineX, I would not be gaming on my Linux desktop because many of the games I want to play don't have native ports and never will. Since I've been gaming on my Linux desktop I've placed at least 5 orders with Tux Games in the last year to get more games to play on my Linux desktop. I don't care if its WineX or not as long as it runs. I just placed my Savage pre-order with you and if you sold games that ran on WineX I would buy them from you too. My brother whom also switched to Linux after he found out Ultima Online ran via WineX also bought SimCity 3000 from you, and Quake3 after uninstalling Windows.. Those sales were generated by a Linux desktop user who switched because of WineX. Both of us will be ordering MOAA from you as well. Anyway, I am surprised that a business person such as yourself does not understand the basic principle of supply and demand. For a company to supply a good, there has to be a demand for it. WineX increases demand for games that run on Linux, be it via WineX or not. Developers will port to Linux one day for the same reason they port to PC, Xbox, PS2, and GC which is to make extra money on their investment.
I loved the book. Carmack's work ethic has inspired me to work harder and code better.
One thing that was strange was when I went to Barnes and Noble to pick up the book I walked all over the place looking for it. I checked the game section, the computer section, the biography section. Could not find it. Then on my way to the bathroom I found it, in the Crossword puzzle section. How stupid of me for not checking there before.
WineX has never crashed my machine. If I start installing unsupported games and messing with them maybe WineX will eat a 100% cpu but its nothing a little ctr-alt-backspace, then a startx can't cure in 2 seconds. Anyway, I would run memtest86 on your machine, maybe you have other issues that WineX is just tripping on.
Sacrifice and SpyHunter is all you got? I'm supposed to give up WineX for that? I can choose from over 225 titles with WineX.
Gentoo and AMD rulz! Intel sucks and so does windows!
I'm curious about a couple things. First, what do people call Redhat support for? I mean, I understand if you have a 9i cluster or something but what else? You could google a fix in way less time for pretty much any Redhat problem. How often do people have problems with their Redhat Linux systems? When 7.2 was out, I had Redhat 4.2 machines running on P-233Mhz with 100 web hosting customers each happily humming along with 1000+ day uptimes.
Are they updating it to be usable?
Its trial by jury.
Man, I knew this would happen. IBM is quoting all of Darl's crazy feverish rantings in their counter suit.
If anything, this case is going to make the GPL stronger because there is no way we can loose.
I'm sure after the Redhat annoucement and SCO's stock dropped, Darl and all his buddies bought tons of stock. Now they are running their mouths again to get the price back up.
I am speaking of the toolbar with all of the tools on it. Like the eraser, brush, pencil, fill, all of those.
"Taylor says he plans to focus on (and fund) studies that 'will highlight Microsoft's advantages in areas such as security, feature-completeness and total cost of ownership."
This basically means they are using Linux to find ideas on how to make Windows better.
Yes, its been possible to run PS7 for a long time, mosly due to CodeWeavers. What I thought was funny was that several industry 'experts' called WINE an emulator. I wonder if they even know what WINE stands for.
I have Photoshop 7 running with CrossOver office on a AthonXP 2800+ and Gentoo, runs like a dream. Its actually never crashed and even the auto online update thingy works. Speed wise, the app feels like your running Redhat. Sometimes things take a second to draw and mouse events are slower than normal. You also cannot resize the toolbar thing, thats ok though.
Are IP and Copyrights the same? I thought that they were two seperate and distinct areas of law.
You apply for a patent on something you invent or more likely steal from the OSS community. When you recieve your patent, that is IP.
A copyright simply means that material cannot be plagiarized, copied word for word, or dirived from, etc, without paying someone some money. The code can do the same thing, it just can't be the same code, whereas with patent, the code can't do the same thing. Or in the case of books, everyone can write their own murder/mystery novel, they just can't steal paragraphs from each other.
So, IBM may hold the RCU technology patent, but according to their contract with SCO, the actual code that makes it happen is owned by SCO. IBM could hire some folks to rewrite RCU from scratch and that would fix the problem.
I'm only guessing here though. All my law expertise or lack there of comes from Slashdot.