[bf1942] Status of Linux server? Ryan? Hello?

[g8 at the.whole.net]

<BOFH>
Sorry but what does this thread have to do with reporting technical issues
with the beta?  Oh, right, *nothing*.

Please move this discussion offlist or to any of the many apropriate
forums for discussion of such political/managerial issues.  The S/N ratio
here is already way too high.
</BOFH>

-g8

On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Scott Brooks wrote:

> Tossing more coders at a programming project would not really help in
> this situation.  Ryan would be spending more time getting all the other
> coders up to speed then he would be spending time coding.  At this point
> it's probably best to just try and help out Ryan as much as possible.
>
>
> On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 12:34, Tóth Attila wrote:
> > That's exactly my point. I only wanted to know if it's ONE developer working
> > on the Battlefiled linux project, who has other projects in the meanwhile.
> > Probably noone is to blame that one developer in this case, but very much
> > EA/Dice who don't care enough.
> >
> > All autumn they were posting promises of 'linux server soon' on the very
> > front page of the bf1942 site. Maybe some people bought the game becouse,
> > they were really expecting a linux server soon, to have their harsware work
> > for thweir community. Someone said this whole thing is 3rd party, but then
> > why was EA making promises about it so many times?  So they made a promise,
> > and if all they did was to ask someone to do something, and IF he can do it,
> > they will pay afterwards, that means they almost didn't do anything.
> >
> > A developer team of at least 3-4 people should intensively work on this, and
> > it could be done in a couple of weeks at most. So noone is begging Ryan, but
> > we wanted to know how this thing goes, and if I got it right, it's not his
> > fault. It's just that EA doesn't care.
> >
> > And what will we do with nice a linux server of bf1942, if we only get it in
> > 2004? :)))
> >
> >
> > > Right, EA doent gie a ratts ass if we get a Linux Server, by all means i
> > > wouldnt want to play on a server that could handle more with less :)  i am
> > > thinking that BF1942 is not ryans only project so you got to give him
> > time!
> >
> --
> Scott Brooks <blaze at fragz.ca>
>