Maybe in the future gaming companies will release games for linux along with windows/mac.
If they can make a game that runs under mac and windows (two completely different architecures)
then they can definely make that game for linux; all that is needed is good drivers for
linux. Then the gaming companies can use the video card's chip for rendering and what ever
else they may need it for.
Anayway, all I am saying is that once the drivers are out for fancy cards, it will make supporting
linux in a game a more considerable option.
Cheers,
You could try putting the descision up to a wiki like forum of people (i.e: thousands of professionals) who vote on the quality/innovativeness of the product. The higher the review the longer the patent. It could all be done over the internet or some sort of secure network.
Only problem is people are not likely going to accept that level of change. This discussion is just to far in the realm of science finction to have any real meaning anyway. To fix the patent system... might as well have a full blown revolution.
And if you want to go to the most efficient platform then they should use linux. It is free, it is not buggy, and it will run on just about any hardware. They could get some really cheap mediocure computers and throw a stripped verison of fedra or ubuntu on it and they would have a fast, reliable network that would only take a few mainteners. To bad the govnment will never do that but one can always hope.
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Maybe in the future gaming companies will release games for linux along with windows/mac. If they can make a game that runs under mac and windows (two completely different architecures) then they can definely make that game for linux; all that is needed is good drivers for linux. Then the gaming companies can use the video card's chip for rendering and what ever else they may need it for. Anayway, all I am saying is that once the drivers are out for fancy cards, it will make supporting linux in a game a more considerable option. Cheers,
You could try putting the descision up to a wiki like forum of people (i.e: thousands of professionals) who vote on the quality/innovativeness of the product. The higher the review the longer the patent. It could all be done over the internet or some sort of secure network. Only problem is people are not likely going to accept that level of change. This discussion is just to far in the realm of science finction to have any real meaning anyway. To fix the patent system... might as well have a full blown revolution.
And if you want to go to the most efficient platform then they should use linux. It is free, it is not buggy, and it will run on just about any hardware. They could get some really cheap mediocure computers and throw a stripped verison of fedra or ubuntu on it and they would have a fast, reliable network that would only take a few mainteners. To bad the govnment will never do that but one can always hope.