[plug] Loki no longer! :(

Theodor Gutmann tgutmann at iinet.net.au
Fri Jan 25 17:52:51 WST 2002


I infer you are missing the argument here.............:-((

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Wright [mailto:pete at akira.apana.org.au] 
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 5:34 PM
To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
Subject: Re: [plug] Loki no longer! :(

On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 05:02:09PM +0800, Theodor Gutmann wrote:
> Given that NVIDIA Linux drivers don't have anywhere near the the
amount
> of of human power thrown at them as Windows drivers, these are

I don't think that's actually true... I've always understood that the
Nvidia drivers are one of the unfortunately rare cases where the
codebase
between Linux and Windows (and other platforms) is the same.

[ ... ]
> But it does not mean that much anymore. Windows lays claim to the
title
> as the standard platform for gaming and there is no point reinventing
the
> wheel.

...so there's no point using a platform other than Windows for gaming?
Is that what you're saying?

*cough* playstation *cough* nintendo *ahem*

> When games are released they are released for windows, because that is
> where the market is.

Gee? Really? Wow, I'd never have guessed... :)

(I presume that you're just referring to the PC gaming market though)

Pete.
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