Re: For The Gamers

On 2024-12-21, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

Le 2024-12-21 à 17:36, RonB a écrit :

On 2024-12-21, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

Le 2024-12-21 à 14:02, rbowman a écrit :

https://www.wired.com/story/2024-was-the-year-the-bottom-fell-out-of-the-
games-industry/
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I'd seen a few articles but never paid much attention. RPI put a lot of
effort into their video game degree program and thought the spinoffs might
revitalize the upstate NY economy. I wonder if they missed the boat or if
the industry will spring back?
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Linux: who really cares if games run on Linux? It's a serious OS for
serious people.

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If it were a serious operating system for serious people, businesses and
academic institutions would be willing to run it, and invest in the
people necessary to troubleshoot it. Instead, both have realized that
its free cost does not result in savings of any kind because the
problems it causes often can't be resolved by even the most gifted of
technical staff. That's why they use Windows, even with the security issues.

 
The reason they use Windows is because it runs Microsoft Office (and
businesses are "married" to this crap)

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They do use Microsoft Office but there is no denying that it is superior
to what's available to Linux. Perhaps WPS Office can compete at some
level, but most people I know who use spreadsheet software say that
LibreOffice is sorely lacking in the functionality they use daily.
Additionally, they say that the functionality it does provide is nowhere
near the level of Microsoft's.

I'm denying it. I despise MicroCrap Office. Worthless bloatware.

I used Calc in OpenOffice at work before LibreOffice ever existed. For my
purposes it worked fine. Spreadsheets are overused for data purposes anyhow.
If you want a database use a database software.

and Microsoft's has leverage with the
computer manufacturers.

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All of the blackmail of the early years worked wonders here, I'm sure.
Until the late 90s, competitors had much better software than what
Microsoft was selling but it didn't matter because of how strongly
Microsoft tied those companies to its products in the 80s.

Yep.

Monopolies have a lot of inertia that's hard to
overcome. But you'll note that, for development purposes, Microsoft is now
including Linux in Windows. There's a reason for that. And, as software
moves to the "rental" phase and more and more of the applications move to
the "Cloud", there will be less and less necessity to use Windows.
 
It will take a while though.

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I'm sure that Linux is better for development. It has to be. However,
all the programmers I know love to use Microsoft's tools including .net
and DirectX. I have say to hear one programmer tell me that he enjoys or
wants to program in Linux. I'm not saying that it can't be done; I'm
saying they appreciate how easy Microsoft makes it.

My brother programs Windows applications. He despises .NET and DirectX. He
liked Visual C++ when it was the "go to" development tool.

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