"The Russian hackers drew the ire of the FBI when hundreds of emails were sent to agents. Translated, all of the messages read 'All Your Base Are Belong To Us'."
I didn't want (or mean) to take anything away from the abilities of artists who have worked with GIMP. However, there's a world of difference between a wallpaper, and the quality (and amount) of art required for a AAA title.
Tux Racer is probably the most high-profile open source title out there. As fun as it is, it simply doesn't compare graphics-wise to any commercial title. If Tux Racer can't draw the talent, what chance does dozens or hundreds of titles for this spurious new console?
All the GPL'd game code in the world isn't going to mean squat if you can't get artists and musicians. If AAA-game quality people can be convinced that working without payment is a Good Thing, then right on. Personally, I don't see it happening. I can imagine the conversation now.
Wannabe Game Developer: So you see, you should spend months creating content for my l33t game. It'll have lens flares and stuff. Artist: Okay, lets talk rates. Wannabe Game Developer: Oh, it's open source. You don't get paid, but people can take your art and use it in their games. Cool, eh? Artist: Riiight...
From the ZDNet article; "The open source community is planning to meet IBM, HP and others that are making fat profits from open source software, and ask them to relinquish intellectual property in return."
I don't mean for this to sound like a troll, but AFAIK nobody is making "fat profits" from open source (with the possible exception of spindoctor firms sucking away investment dollars). Companies who focus on open source technologies don't seem to be doing well at all.
Too bad they can't sell their patents for operating capital;)
You know, if this had been a Windows XP article, I'm sure Hemos would have made a point out of the fact that the site hosting the article is also selling OS X.
An alterior motive for saying that their copy of 4K78 is magically different from other copies of the same version? Say it isn't so!
Every Indian developer I've had the misfortune of dealing with has been exceptionally skilled in talking up their non-existant skills. Somehow I doubt that these script kiddies are any different.
my, what a suprise. another slashdot story skewing the facts. where exactly does it say napster "will now be subscription based"? here's what it does say;
We will work closely with Napster to establish a new membership-based service.
note the keyword "new", not "change to" or "replaced by".
mod me down, but you know it's true. slashdot is all about posting sensationalistic "news" for the sole purpose of cranking out those banner impressions.
A few years ago I was working for a software subsidiary of a major manufacturer of electronic learning aids (computers for kids aged 10 and under). This company decided they wanted to break into games and multimedia.
So me and another developer are transferred from Australia to Hong Kong. Over our objections, a lot of asset development is outsourced to China and India. Things did not go well.
Everything we received from the teams in China and India were consistently of such poor quality, much of it had to be redone locally. A collossal waste of time and money.
For outsourcing to work, you must have talented groups and exceptional communication between them. Too often, unfortunately, Bean Counters are unable to get a grasp on those basic concepts.
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"The Russian hackers drew the ire of the FBI when hundreds of emails were sent to agents. Translated, all of the messages read 'All Your Base Are Belong To Us'."
Those wacky Russians.
Tux Racer is probably the most high-profile open source title out there. As fun as it is, it simply doesn't compare graphics-wise to any commercial title. If Tux Racer can't draw the talent, what chance does dozens or hundreds of titles for this spurious new console?
All the GPL'd game code in the world isn't going to mean squat if you can't get artists and musicians. If AAA-game quality people can be convinced that working without payment is a Good Thing, then right on. Personally, I don't see it happening. I can imagine the conversation now.
Wannabe Game Developer: So you see, you should spend months creating content for my l33t game. It'll have lens flares and stuff.
Artist: Okay, lets talk rates.
Wannabe Game Developer: Oh, it's open source. You don't get paid, but people can take your art and use it in their games. Cool, eh?
Artist: Riiight...
Mmm... sacrilicious bananas.
I don't mean for this to sound like a troll, but AFAIK nobody is making "fat profits" from open source (with the possible exception of spindoctor firms sucking away investment dollars). Companies who focus on open source technologies don't seem to be doing well at all.
Too bad they can't sell their patents for operating capital ;)
1. Suprisingly unsimilar like a fox!
2. A Slashdot editor bitching about poor spelling. That's funny.
Not that I'd ever accuse a slashdot editor of plagiarism.
An alterior motive for saying that their copy of 4K78 is magically different from other copies of the same version? Say it isn't so!
Unfortunately, when the apes took over Earth, most of Netcraft's records were destroyed.
Hey, I'll have some of that kool-aid. Should I bring my own purple blanket and Nike's, or will they be provided?
"j0, 3y3 c4n h4x0r n3tH1nG! MmM... p4p4duMz."
clearly the poster forgot that fake press releases are only funny if they're about microsoft or hot grits.
remember kids; posting material that runs counter to the hivemind is a Bad Thing(TM)
why research, when you can pander to the slashbot hivemind? looky here, it's the .NET framework SDK tech preview from AUGUST.
fear my awesome use of the paragraph tag instead of linebreak *sigh*.
note the keyword "new", not "change to" or "replaced by".
mod me down, but you know it's true. slashdot is all about posting sensationalistic "news" for the sole purpose of cranking out those banner impressions.
attack? just point at the opponent and thousands of tiny slashbots swarm to it...
a well researched topic? on slashdot? i'm not sure i can deal with this madness. and you know what that means...
+5, Insightful
... they taste just like chicken.
this isn't a troll, just ignorance ;) but what has linus done that's innovative?
oh yes, pointing out that a story is redundant is obviously grounds for the poster himself being modded down as redundant...
*sigh*
good thing he wasn't running IPv6 or they'd have confiscated his toaster too.
Suck, like Slashdot, is a business. They get revenue from eyeballs and will do whatever it takes to get them. People in glass houses...
So me and another developer are transferred from Australia to Hong Kong. Over our objections, a lot of asset development is outsourced to China and India. Things did not go well.
Everything we received from the teams in China and India were consistently of such poor quality, much of it had to be redone locally. A collossal waste of time and money.
For outsourcing to work, you must have talented groups and exceptional communication between them. Too often, unfortunately, Bean Counters are unable to get a grasp on those basic concepts.