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Well, this post:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://utforums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=584654">http://utforums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=584654</a><br>
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Was made 5 days before the game shipped, and indicates that the Linux
binary was not ready (something that could have easily been inferred
from other forum posts around the same time).<br>
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And, I'm sorry if you're trusting, but, frankly, the Linux binary could
come out in 5 years and they wouldn't have lied. They never gave a
timeline, and if you assumed that it was about to be released, you were
fooling yourself into it.<br>
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I agree that the binary should be out by now, but I'm not involved in
Epic's business so I don't know what is holding it back. Recent posts
by Ryan Gordon suggest that the binary is practically (if not
completely) done, but it's likely stuck behind the same legal hurdle
that it was before. What is Epic meant to do about that?<br>
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And it just doesn't change the fact that Epic didn't do anything but
give you consolation that a binary would come out at some future point,
and based on that you made the decision to buy the game. You still
bought the game knowing that what you were buying it for did not exist
yet. That was your decision, not Epic's.<br>
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Brizz<br>
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On 2/6/09 11:20 AM, David L. Willson wrote:
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<pre wrap="">There's that fine line again, Brizz. Epic (your car dealer) didn't say "should be". They said, originally, that it "would be" in the box. Then just before release they said, "OK, it's not going to make it into the box, but it will be released." Not "should be", but "will be". Which led some trusting souls to buy the game on faith, led other, less trusting souls to wait, and then led trusting and non-trusting souls alike, to, at some point, say, "Well, what the ~fuck~, Epic?"
David L. Willson
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Except that we originally weren't told 'in the future'. The dealer told us the GPS was included. The dealer lied. At least admit _that_ much.
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