Re: Programmer knowledge

From: Michael Mendelsohn (keine.Werbung.1300_at_michael.mendelsohn.de)
Date: 03/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 15:04:17 +0100

Gerry Quinn schrieb:
> >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".

> >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.

The comparison isn't with Linux; yours was a statement of fact regarding
windows that Ia nswered with "consoles!" and Malcolm compared consoles
with a PC.

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

Well, yes; but take the money saved from upgrading your OS and your
hardware and invest it in one or two consoles and the price offset
(consoles games cost a bit more), and I think many (most?) people won't
be worse off.

Wine goes some way to further level the field, see
http://appdb.winehq.org/appbrowse.php?catId=2 , but then of course the
hardware cost kicks back in.

Michael 

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