[bf1942] Should i Wine or should i go ?

[Robert Stevens]

Heres a comparison on CS
Total of win and linux 25,334 servers
http://www.upperboard.com/all.jpg
Linux has 16,355 server
http://www.upperboard.com/linux.jpg

Its not rocket science to know that linux is designed as a server and
windows as a desktop OS , windows is not a great dedicated server,
Your lucky after a few days that its not locked up or players complaining
about lag!!
Linux stays on for months running in perfect harmony..
The Professionals that run server Know how to use a linux server wereas the
windows guys need a simplfied and easy way to setup their server 
And if they want a real windows server then itll cost you 1,000 for the
latest win 2003 server..

Face it!! If the linux server isnt being supported for a game then that
means the coders don't know a damn thing or are attempting to learn the
linux code..
So instead they buil windows server "the simple and easy way to got for them
"
Again real pros use linux for servers and windows server version "mainly for
webservers using windows asp,xml sql"
M
Only other reason EG games could be leaning on MC windows is because
Microsoft could have share intrest invested...















-----Original Message-----
From: ScratchMonkey [mailto:ScratchMonkey at SewingWitch.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 1:14 AM
To: bf1942 at icculus.org
Subject: RE: [bf1942] Should i Wine or should i go ?


--On Sunday, May 25, 2003 7:21 PM -0400 "Kevin J. Anderson" 
<lestat at counter-strike.net> wrote:

> well, thats not that great of an option.  The isssue is clients.  and
> demand.   The sad thing is, that most people I know have given up on 1942
> and gone back to other games, due to the lag, and lack of decent 
> servers. The question is, will the linux server release be a day late 
> and dollar short?

Will they come back once the server is ready?

How much demand are we talking? If you've got serious numbers, and can show 
that lack of a Linux server caused clients to displace to a competing game, 
then you take those numbers to EA so that Linux servers for future games 
will get proper funding and prioritization.