[ut3] Linux port delayed due to legal problems?
Brandon Tomlinson
serphet at gmail.com
Thu Dec 6 13:12:11 EST 2007
actually if you look through this mail list history you'll find the link
to the chat log with icculus.
On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 09:17 -0500, Jeff Dilcher wrote:
> Where is the announcement that the delay is due to legal problems?
>
> I had the impression, but no evidence, that the product was rushed out maybe a bit "early",
> so as not to miss out on the lucrative Christmas shopping frenzy. Had they not been
> pressured to get something out before Christmas, the entire product would have maybe been
> released a little later, but maybe would have had the Linux portion working, and an
> installer on the disc.
>
> I don't know if this has any basis in truth, but, you can imagine a conversation like:
>
> sales dept: Is it done yet? Christmas getting darned close!
> developers: No, still finishing up some things, including linux port
> sales dept: F*ck the linux port, those open source people hardly spend any money anyway,
> get something out the door now!
>
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