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You hit the nail on the head. I think a private email was<br>
the proper thing to do. I am no business entrepreneur, to<br>
the contrary I 0 of those skills. But it is obvious.<br><br>
The "silence" as well is deafening. I hope they realize
just<br>
what percentage of the servers out there<br>
are Linux based. This is also true because like many<br>
folks on this list that lease virtual servers, they have created<br>
control panels such that even the Windows folk can<br>
use a Linux server to host their servers these days.<br><br>
The simple fact is you can get more servers on a Linux<br>
box than a Windows box. Stated as a matter of fact.<br>
The net net is there is a real profit incentive at stake here.<br><br>
The admin that rents based on slot, at these CPU rates<br>
would either have to charge above the cost threshold<br>
for their customers, or eat it. They can't eat it. Do the<br>
math. X servers pays for the lease. X + n is the net.<br>
Minus admin, time, etc, and the profit is in quantity.<br><br>
With UO, obviously quantity is not even a possibility.<br>
Not for being a Activision fan, but a COD fan, I really<br>
wish to see this add on, take off. On a 2 year old game,<br>
it they don't get it to go, with upcoming competition,<br>
cod will indeed die.<br><br>
Dr. D<br><br>
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At 01:25 PM 9/28/2004, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>I hope they do. I have mailed the
production coordinator at activision<br>
highlighting the fact that if this is not fixed then the market
penetration<br>
of CoD:UO is going to remain low due to the lack of
servers.<br><br>
Steve / K<br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Yup. Thats what I thought...... but
Im wondering if that was just to<br>
address the cpu usage while idle problem. that was my
understanding.<br>
I am honestly wondering if Grey Matter sees the overall cpu usage
as<br>
a problem that needs/can be addressed?</blockquote><br><br>
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