Author: Daniel Clausen
Date: 13:38:07 11/12/02
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On November 11, 2002 at 16:20:03, Dann Corbit wrote: [snip] >The only question is, do they want to risk the effort. The thing that Christophe currently plans doesn't involve any risk, as far as I can tell. I'm sure there are other ways to reduce the risk. And a big company could also do these kind of things as so-called 'strategic projects'. ;) >Will the Linux crowd (who are used to paying nothing for everything) >suddenly be willing to part with cash for a chess program? I don't buy this. The people who often can't tell the difference between "free beer" and "free speech" are not always the Linux guys. Also, the game market for Linux is not that small anymore (although of course still very small compared to the Windows market) in the area of games. And the games are not for free either. (neither in the sense of 'free beer' nor in the send of 'free speech') >I would wait until some pioneer makes the effort and then see if it works. I would not. And I prefer to do business (as if I can choose :p) with companies who think different. If everyone would think 'wait until ...' we would all use Windows everywhere by tomorrow. Sargon (who's used to fighting hopeless fights ;)
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