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- geminitojanus, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2No, he pretty plainly said DirectX. The only really good thing that DirectX has over convention is integration; all of the tools you need are right there to build a game. On Linux, you either have to get an existing engine, or cobble one together yourself using one of the dozen different libraries capable of doing things.
Of course, Linux doesn't /really/ need DirectX, we've got Wine if anyone cares to run applications using it. We need Microsoft to be interoperable, to share its specs on how Samba/CIFS works, to build a better performing set of Unix tools on Windows, better support OpenOffice formats and to better document their own, etc. But this will never happen; Hell would freeze over, pigs flying, dinosaurs roaming the earth again, it'd be utter chaos the day Microsoft decided to willfully give up details on how these protocols and conventions work.
In short, this is "nothing new" from Microsoft but some nice political hand waving. Call me back when they do something worth our time. - Xilon, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1They could start with making games compatible with linux, ie. either making everyone go OpenGL or some other cross-platform solution, or port DirectX to Linux.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1DirectX on Linux = Vista Useless
- KevinJim, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2Port DirectX to Linux ? You probable mean Direct3D. Again the answer is Hell NO. Why will someone what something like this? OpenGL is awesome, Sony chose OpenGL again for it's PS3. I believe that Sony know better that any of us.
- schestowitz, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2OSDL have always had a sweet tooth for Microsoft (even Zemlin), unlike the FSF, for example, which is more about protecting the developers, not just serving business that are willing to exploit free labour without returns. See the following:
From Novell’s November 2 Press Release:
"Today’s announcement by Microsoft and Novell marks a significant milestone in the adoption of Linux," said Stuart Cohen, CEO of Open Source Development Labs. "By choosing a course of co-opetition, Microsoft acknowledges the critical role that open source plays today in an enterprise IT infrastructure. We appreciate the role Novell is playing to help bridge the gap between Microsoft and the open source community. We are glad to see these two companies collaborating to further diminish the legal threat posed to developers and customers by patent assertions. This is good for customer confidence in Linux, the open source community and the broader IT ecosystem."
And then:
'Bruce Perens says Stuart got the axe in part because he gave his blessing to the Microsoft-Novell deal, and some OSDL members didn’t like that. "It’s buying into a Microsoft FUD campaign that damages the business of many members," Bruce writes via email.'
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