[cod] 1.3 patch

[Equipa Comercial]

Stalvi, your scans are quite strange... are you a microsoft employee ?
Only microsoft forgets the obvious... ... Linux is rulling

Regards
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "stalvi" <stalvi at tek.iarc.uaf.edu>
To: <cod at icculus.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: [cod] 1.3 patch


>> Might want to check your figures. Pre v1.3 3/4 of ALL CoD2 servers
>> where Linux based.
> 
> Where did you see that figure.  Since COD 2 was released I've only  
> seen a few linux servers show up in the scans.  I'm genuinely  
> interested where the numbers come from.   I do have an open mind and  
> will admit my mistakes.
> 
> Another aspect is that IW and AV makes money off selling the game,  
> which is Windows based (Aspyr develops/sells the Mac port).  Sure,  
> you and I can see that if they supported Linux 100%, that the servers  
> would get upgraded and they would sell more copies of the games, but  
> do they see that?
> 
> I wonder how often AV has thought about moving to a business model  
> more like Sony or EA Games for their servers.  That would be sad day  
> for all the users, but it could happen.   $1.6 million per month is a  
> figure I heard that EA Games makes off of just BF 2 servers.
>