Re: Programmer knowledge

From: Gerry Quinn (gerryq_at_indigo.ie)
Date: 03/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 13:16:50 GMT

In article <40642D22.65D184C1@michael.mendelsohn.de>, a2004@michael.mendelsohn.de wrote:
>The statements I've set out to refute was Gerry's "you can't play the
>latest games", which I showed was true for many games on Windows as well
>(if you want to play the latest games, you need the latest consoles and
>a GBA); and Malcolm's "generally you get better games on PCs".
>
>I don't doubt that you get cheaper games on PCs, I don't doubt you get a
>different/better community, and for some tastes you get better games as
>well.
>
>But the general way the statements were phrased is just not true today.

If the comparison is with Linux, it is true today and always has been.
  
For some tastes, a particular console might be better than a PC (though
note that many games appear only on a particular console, and those that
appear on several tend to be on PC too).

But it's hard to see how anyone could seriously think Linux stands
comparison with PC in this regard.

- Gerry Quinn

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