__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 18 April 2007 16:18 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 18 April 2007 11:58 \__
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> __/ [ John Locke ] on Tuesday 17 April 2007 05:33 \__
>>>>
>>>>>>It means that Windows XP users may actually get /more/ games working if
>>>>>>they switch to Linux, rather than move into the 'land of no games' (AKA
>>>>>>Vista). Virtualisation is not a solution here. It's an ugly workaround
>>>>>>that won't last for long. It is also not secure (not with the PC
>>>>>>plugged to the network).
>>>>>
>>>>> Roy, if this is ture, its very significant. The gamers make a lot of
>>>>> noise when their apps don't run right and they buy a lot of new PCs.
>>>>> It'll be quite the thing when they start demanding Linux be installed
>>>>> on their new machines. Hmmm...maybe Dell saw this coming...HP too.
>>>>
>>>> IMHO, Dell and H-P could preinstall Cedega and/or CrossOver on Linux,
>>>> even for a fee. It'll still cost less than Windows. Then, buyers would
>>>> be able to run Windows software and games that _Windows Vista will not
>>>> tolerate_. The less pricey option will still have wine, which runs all
>>>> the software reviewed in the link I provided, according to someone in
>>>> Digg. Like Google, the OEMs can even assist the improvement of Wine.
>>>>
>>>
>>> This kind of route seems inevitable to me. I wonder how long it will be
>>> before there are DOS game CDs which spin up a copy of freedos and
>>> produce a huge menu of games directly from the CD, or even run as a
>>> linux liveCD with a dosbox instance driven from some kind of menu
>>> system. Same thing for Windows games, as Vista is unlikely to ever
>>> support them. Microsoft /do not/ care about the small publishers one
>>> jot, one iota.
>>
>> Old and free stuff gives the investor nothing but 'fluff'.
>>
>> Microsoft forbids free Xbox content
>>
>> ,----[ Quote
>>| Tim Sweeney disclosed how Microsoft is barring their efforts to
>>| offer free content for owners of Gears of War. Guys from Epic
>>| created six maps (two of which have been released to gamers)
>>| for this hit-title which earned Microsoft millions of dollars,
>>| but now Epic cannot release the remaining four maps. Reason is
>>| very simple: money.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38823
>
> I don't think Microsoft have understood why Doom was so successful. It
> was not because of the networking capability alone, indeed, that was
> copied by several good games, rather, it was the relative ease with
> which user-supplied wads could enhance the game. This became so
> important that the really smart doom types started writing patches to
> the original doom wad to change weapons, sounds, textures and so on, in
> addition to creating new environments.
>
> I still have about 3,000 doom wads (1 & 2) on a local dos/linux-netware
> network here, although they don't get played all that often now, since
> the graphics quality of doom is not really competitive with quake3. I
> still don't think I've played all of those wads yet...
>
>>
>> Virgin Radio comes to Wii, PS3
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| We are not aware of when the Xbox 360 will be supported, or if it
>>| be at all, thanks to Microsoft's policy concerning free content
>>| for its console.
>>|
>>| It is not a technical issue, but Virgin would probably like to
>>| avoid paying money to M$ for providing free content.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38822
>>
>
> No reason why you should, is there? Microsoft are desperate to shore up
> their falling revenues, though, so they'll consider any means by which
> they could get additional revenue.
This clearly does far more harm than good. It's akin to labels that adopt DRM
and then see their sales sink by 40% injust one year. DRM spurs piracy,
rathewr than stop it.
MPAA: Frustrated Consumers Will Pirate
,----[ Excerpt ]
| The MPAA's Brad Hunt outlined some of the ways the MPAA is working
| to standardize content protection controls in the age of digital
| home networking. But he also acknowledged that piracy is the
| consumer's answer to the content industry's inability to provide
| a simple digital-rights-management solution.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20061016/tc_zd/191502
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