Microsoft buying EPIC? (was: [ut3] customer satisfaction...)

[Dark Avenger]

Could this be the cause for some of the delays, or perhaps there will never
be a Linux client?  Microsoft to acquire EPIC
Games?<http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/81525-Microsoft-to-Acquire-Epic-Games>

In fact, if this turns out to be true, perhaps all Linux support (dedicated
server) goes away.

On Feb 12, 2008 7:56 AM, Kevin Podbielniak <k.podbielniak at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have been sitting back since October 12, when the Windows demo client
> was released.  I remember this day perfectly as my company asked me to
> resign that night.
>
> I've stayed a member of this list, as well as the UT3 Admin list the whole
> time, waiting for the release of the linux client.  With no job, I
> pre-ordered and picked up the game in November (as a b-day gift for myself),
> in hopes the linux client would be released.
>
> Exactly 4 months later, my UT3 copy sits in a filing cabinet, still in the
> bag from EB Games, receipt, shrink wrap and all.
>
> I even went so far as to install a second hard drive in my computer in
> hopes to put Windows on it to at least install and enjoy what I bought, but
> after I finished installing/updating and patching windows, I wasn't even
> interested in playing any more.
>
> Day after day my inbox will fill up with email from this and the Admin
> list, and the only reason I stay on them is the hopes to hear "Linux demo
> (or full at this point I don't care) UT3 client is found 'here'".  But
> that's not the case.
>
> I'm sure Ryan is working hard, as he is the hardest Linux game programmer
> known to mankind.  but whatever the holdup is, as a community, it would be
> nice to have 'some' information.
>
> Things we saw while waiting for the release of UT3 Linux:
>
> 1)  Writers Guild strike and conclusion.
> 2)  HD DVD/Blu Ray format war is about over
> 3)  Frontlines Fuel of War being advertised on WWE Monday Night Raw
> (powered by Unreal engine)
> 4)  Hades freezing over.  It went from 80 degrees to below freezing in a
> day here
> 5)  more information on DNF was released
>
> I will still sit and wait for the linux client, why?  Because I can save
> up more money for a new gaming rig, and pass my current one to my
> girlfriend.  :)
>
> --k
>
>
>
> On Feb 12, 2008 8:06 AM, Christophe BOULLANGER <cbo at info-services.biz>
> wrote:
>
> > ++Raphael I think same.
> > I buy the game cause it promise a linux client version.
> >
> > When you talk about linux client on epic forum, they close it immediatly
> > (like if you talk about porn) and said : refer to the FAQ
> >
> > I regret we dont have any information about it (if someone work on, if a
> > beta work, if you need help ...)
> >
> > I hope a release soon.
> >
> >
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : Raphael [mailto:lilo- at gmx.ch]
> > Envoyé : lundi 11 février 2008 19:38
> > À : ut3 at icculus.org
> > Objet : [ut3] customer satisfaction...
> >
> > Dear users
> >
> > I read now for a while this list in the hope, to hear something about a
> > linux-client. But, each user, who asked about it, was refused by other
> > people from this list.
> >
> > I don't want an answer for this mail, but:
> >
> > I don't understand, why it's so difficult to tell all two weeks or so
> > the state about the linux-client to the community. This users are later
> > they, which use this client. And, each customer in any normal business want
> > to know, when his product is finished.
> >
> > Why, are all people on this list clueless about any state? Only with
> > 5min per 2 weeks the whole community can know about it.
> >
> > eg. Opera beta 9.5 has a blog and there comes weekly any info about the
> > state/changelog of its state. So, the user could introduce something about
> > it.
> >
> > Is something similar really so difficult?
> >
> > Quality is a product between customer satisfaction and good products
> > (include support), not only good products anytime unknown...
> >
> > Please let us know something!
> >
> > Greetings and best wishes
> > raphael
> >
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