Peter Kai Jensen <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> [H]omer wrote:
>
>>> Volunteers Wanted
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | We are looking for some volunteers to help us with the testing of
>>> | the new Mac and Linux Clients.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=574782
>>
>> Good grief! Check out the size of that thread! Nearly every post is an
>> offer of help from a GNU/Linux user.
Yeah. Something for free.
>
> Very interesting indeed. Based on the comments, quite a few of them
> look like they might make the full-time switch with a Linux version of
> this game. Also interesting to note how significantly they outnumber
> the Mac users, and how even many of the ones with a Mac also have a
> Linux box.
>
>>> Linux not for games, eh?
>>
>> Nobody uses Linux, eh?
You really dont count a few games players who are game starved on Linux
and who smell a freebie as a new "sign" I hope.
> So the trolls would have one believe, but there you have it. Of course,
> they will try to downplay this now.
No. What people with any sense will say is "I wonder how many people
will buy it". Let's wait and see.
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