>you have to remember things like ongoing support etc... You are talking about windblows ? See the recent news that win98 is no longer being supported by MS. This was their most stable OS and the best for gaming (imo). It will rapidly become obsolete as will eventually all MS OSs to force you to upgrade to their latest and greatest(?), aka another crap product that they have hacked together to get more money in Bills pockets.
I am sure there are still a lot of people (through choice) that are running RH 7 and lower because they still can, among other linux OSs. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Sykes Sent: 19 March 2004 10:25 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [OT] Re: [hlds_linux] No memoryleak alfred? I'm sure all of the big game companies do in-depth research into what the gaming population is using. When they think it's economically feasible for them to start making games Linux compatible I'm sure we will see more and more games ported. Its not just how many Linux gamers are out there - you have to remember things like ongoing support etc... -----Original Message----- From: Mad Scientist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 March 2004 05:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [OT] Re: [hlds_linux] No memoryleak alfred? According to the great words of James Sykes: > As a business decision it is very simple. How much money will it take > to develop an application on Linux and how much money will it make. Develop? No, port. 95% of the code is already portable. All the game logic and all the OpenGL code. The only "Windows" code that would need to change would be the start-up UI... which, by the way, was mostly re-written for steam... hmmm... on second thought, forget about it. The only things that are still working are the parts Valve hasn't touched. -Mad -- http://www.madslab.com "A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven." - Prime Minister Jean Chrétien _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux *********************************************** This e-mail and its attachments are confidential and are intended for the above named recipient only. If this has come to you in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail from your system. You must take no action based on this, nor must you copy or disclose it or any part of its contents to any person or organisation. Statements and opinions contained in this email may not necessarily represent those of Littlewoods. Please note that e-mail communications may be monitored. The registered office of Littlewoods Limited and its subsidiaries is 100 Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L70 1AB. Registered number of Littlewoods Limited is 262152. ************************************************ _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
