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Yes there are. At a time when there are a lot of great games being released and competing with each other, having a Linux client goes a long way to ensuring that your game has a solid (and somewhat captive) user base keeping your servers populated.<BR>
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A lot of ETQW servers have a healthy Linux population. I play it daily, which I wouldn't if I were a Windows user and had access ot all the other great games coming out now., but because there is a native Linux client, these are all users that go into the Id column, populating servers, that draws more users, and that is not an insignificant competitive business advantage.<BR>
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<B>From</B>: Max Grender-Jones <<A HREF="mailto:Max%20Grender-Jones%20%3cmax@hesperides.net%3e">max@hesperides.net</A>>
My fear is, given the hassle this has caused, they won't bother to
release a Linux version next time around. Sure, us Linux users are gods
among men and respected for our superior taste in games, but are there
really enough of us for it to be worth their while?
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