[ut3] More salt on an already sodium-rich wound

[Thomas Ilnseher]

My assumption is following: Their license model is
a) you pay, say $10M for teh initial license
b) you pay then $1M or so for every supported platform.

So, they can't get the license for Linux, because they don't want to pay
$1M for the license, 'cause they can't make enough money out of the
Linux port (to repay $1M). I don't have any clue how much Ryan costs to
port that stuff, but I assume something in the $100eds of K, so $400K or
so.

And maybe they just find it to pay off to get the licenses for iOS,
Android and stuff.

But that's just a wild guess.

-Tom


Am Donnerstag, den 13.10.2011, 02:03 -0600 schrieb Keith Z-G:
> Ja, from what Ryan "our man Icculus" Gordon has said it was a piece of
> middleware that the company in question wouldn't license for Linux.
> That's the part where it's almost conspiracy-level nonsense, since it
> isn't even that Linux would or wouldn't be a profitable port, it's
> that some company hates Linux enough they don't even want to make
> money off of it. Ryan claimed we wouldn't believe it even if we heard
> what it was, so, my bet's always been on SpeedTree ;) Not because it
> makes sense, but because it doesn't, and that'd be the most ridiculous
> roadblock for a port ever.
> 
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 8:35 PM, oldkawman <oldkawman at netscape.net>
> wrote:
>         If I remember correctly, the issue was a need for a license
>         which they could not obtain for linux. Looks like everyone
>         else can get it, but just not linux. I am thinking we lost on
>         that.
>         
>         
>         
>         On 10/05/2011 11:54 PM, Keith Z-G wrote: 
>         > 
>         > So now UE3 has been ported to Windows, Xbox360, PS3, OSX,
>         > iOS, Android . . . and Adobe Flash.
>         > http://beyondunreal.com/view_story.php?id=13516
>         > 
>         > What's up next, OS/2? Silverlight? Will they not rest until
>         > it has been ported to every possible platform that isn't
>         > standard Linux?
>         > 
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