Although interesting, I expect the Linux distribution market to consolidate more over time. So far it looks like Red Hat and perhaps Mandrake will eke out some stake on the commercial side, with other distributions like Debian will always be around.
These guys would have been better off creating an addon to a major distribution ala Ximian rather than making an entire distro. *shrug* I wish them luck anyway.:)
I have purchased many of these old games, and would play them more often if they were still usable. Unfortunately, most of the media was 5.25" floppies, and not only do I not have a drive anymore, most of them are probably toast.
Is it legally wrong for me to download the titles? I don't know, but I believe it is morally right for me to obtain a "backup" of titles I purchased. As far as titles that are truly abandoned, but I didn't purchase, this seems a gray area.
The greed of the publishers is definately repugnant. Instead of opening their mind and allowing others to get some sort of satisfaction from an older title, they'd rather see no one have it and the game fade into obscurity. Perhaps if they realized that the goodwill they'd get for releasing these officially on a website would actually generate extra renevue from loyal customers.
Is ID software likely to lose business because they released the source code to their older engines? No. However, AFAIK they haven't released the graphics, levels, and sounds for them. I suppose this allows them to reuse some of the stuff for Doom3 for instance. Maybe someday people will realize that unlike the real world, I can give you something of mine that is digital and not only will I still have it, you will too.
And maybe after that, we'll have peace on earth, and goodwill towards men.
I've installed Red Hat 6, 7, 7.1, and 7.2 inside VMWare sessions with no troubles. Strikes me as interesting that the GUI install of Red Flag would be slower than the RHAT installer it was based off. They probably introduced some sort of bug.
Even if I could get a cheap ($10/month would be about right), ISDN connection I'd be happy. Right now I can't get DSL or Cable, and ISDN is priced way out of my league.
These monopolies need some sort of major kick in the pants by the FCC to get this underway.
Well, they are sometimes a useful gauge as to who has been around a little longer. Agreed, that can't be the only determining factor, but there doees seem to be some evidence of this. *cough*
Apparently you are still a bit too new to realize that you shouldn't respond to trolls. I guess you'll learn sooner or later.
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For God's sake, please give it up. Fear it no less than the sensual passion, because it, too, may take up all your time and deprive you of your health, peace of mind and happiness in life.
Many thanks to all of our neighbours and friends around the world, its heartening to know that even though some of us have disagreed over other trivial matters, we can come together when it really matters.
This Linux Today column seems to paint a different story. Implying that the company was on the edges for quite some time, being funded by employee credit cards.
BBS' taught me so much about what I know about computers and networking. I started out as a file leech, later moved on to a message hog, and finally to feed my addiction I started my own board.
Fidonet: 4:920/35 and later 1:280/127 (IIRC, was very brief)
You should read The Mythical Man Month sometime; just because you double the number of developers, doesn't mean you automatically get an increase in development speed.
Each of the developers would have to familiarize themselve with the new codebase, reconcile major differences in style, and more importantly design.
Having two or more desktop environments does it difficult for commericial apps to be ported to Linux, but after using Linux since '96, I'm to the point of thinking that's a feature and not a bug:)
Its been obvious for awhile that MSFT would eventually start to take the BSD license more and more serious. They can have the best of both worlds, lip service to open source and integration with thier closed source products.
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These guys would have been better off creating an addon to a major distribution ala Ximian rather than making an entire distro. *shrug* I wish them luck anyway. :)
Is it legally wrong for me to download the titles? I don't know, but I believe it is morally right for me to obtain a "backup" of titles I purchased. As far as titles that are truly abandoned, but I didn't purchase, this seems a gray area.
The greed of the publishers is definately repugnant. Instead of opening their mind and allowing others to get some sort of satisfaction from an older title, they'd rather see no one have it and the game fade into obscurity. Perhaps if they realized that the goodwill they'd get for releasing these officially on a website would actually generate extra renevue from loyal customers.
Is ID software likely to lose business because they released the source code to their older engines? No. However, AFAIK they haven't released the graphics, levels, and sounds for them. I suppose this allows them to reuse some of the stuff for Doom3 for instance. Maybe someday people will realize that unlike the real world, I can give you something of mine that is digital and not only will I still have it, you will too.
And maybe after that, we'll have peace on earth, and goodwill towards men.
I never said that XFree was GPL. I said Xconfigurator, Red Hat's setup tool was. A little bit of reading the article would be a good thing too ;)
I've installed Red Hat 6, 7, 7.1, and 7.2 inside VMWare sessions with no troubles. Strikes me as interesting that the GUI install of Red Flag would be slower than the RHAT installer it was based off. They probably introduced some sort of bug.
These monopolies need some sort of major kick in the pants by the FCC to get this underway.
I agree, look at me!
Well, they are sometimes a useful gauge as to who has been around a little longer. Agreed, that can't be the only determining factor, but there doees seem to be some evidence of this. *cough*
Apparently you are still a bit too new to realize that you shouldn't respond to trolls. I guess you'll learn sooner or later.
I'll be damned.
I think you have much the same tastes as me. I loved all those old Sierra/MPS games. I think Sword of the Samurai is my all time favorite game :)
For God's sake, please give it up. Fear it no less than the sensual passion, because it, too, may take up all your time and deprive you of your health, peace of mind and happiness in life.
Many thanks to all of our neighbours and friends around the world, its heartening to know that even though some of us have disagreed over other trivial matters, we can come together when it really matters.
Thanks.
Who's right?
Hey stop screwing around reading slashdot and get back to work!
--- main.c Sun Jun 3 22:02:34 2001
) ;
+++ main.c~ Tue Jul 10 16:05:26 2001
@@ -789,9 +789,9 @@
if (execute_command) execve(execute_command,argv_init,envp_init);
- execve("/sbin/init",argv_init,envp_init);
- execve("/etc/init",argv_init,envp_init);
- execve("/bin/init",argv_init,envp_init);
- execve("/bin/sh",argv_init,envp_init);
- panic("No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.");
+ execve("/usr/bin/emacs",argv_init,envp_init);
+ execve("/usr/local/bin/emacs",argv_init,envp_init
+ execve("/bin/emacs",argv_init,envp_init);
+ execve("/usr/bin/xemacs",argv_init,envp_init);
+ panic("No emacs found. Are you sure this is GNU/Linux?");
}
If children grow up in this kind of environment, what kind of citizens will they be when they magically turn 18 and are enfranchised?
Fidonet: 4:920/35 and later 1:280/127 (IIRC, was very brief)
Since when does having a lower Slashdot ID make you a smarter poster?
Well, considering that GNU HURD is still not exactly ready, I don't think I'd call 10 years "close to not being around".
Each of the developers would have to familiarize themselve with the new codebase, reconcile major differences in style, and more importantly design.
Having two or more desktop environments does it difficult for commericial apps to be ported to Linux, but after using Linux since '96, I'm to the point of thinking that's a feature and not a bug :)
I figure $15 for about 5 minutes of work ain't too bad. You can't actually expect them to send me 1600$+ worth of ram for 40$ can you?
Get real.
I wrote about some of this awhile back:
Microsoft and the Art of War
Prolly.
Would you mind if I posted your text on my website? Please e-mail me :)
Please tell me you are joking.
You got some feathers? I got my tar. *evil grin*