[ut3] Disturbing info from a Ubuntu forum post

[Michael "_Lynx" Sokolkov]

Good point. NVIDIA doesn't ship cards. Packiging is up to "vendors".
Also no sane person would come up on a public forum brandishing
with a business correspondence which is very likely to be the subject
of an NDA.

> hmm, why would NVIDIA want to bundle an old game like ut3 with
> graphics cards they dont sell directly?  makes no sense to me.

> On 3/13/09, Dean Loros <autocrosser1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm a log-time Ubuntu member & have been following the "problems" with
>> UT3 from before the "release date". I am one of the people that
>> pre-ordered UT3 almost 8 months before release based on the "rumor" that
>> UT3 was going to have a Linux client...That is not my beef--I realize
>> that I took my chances & have up to now lost the cash---My trust in Epic
>> is the other thing that has been lost....I'm glad to see that Ryan is
>> still in there with us, but I read this post today on Ubuntuforums & am
>> starting to feel like Epic is not giving the straight answers.....Post
>> note complete follows:
>>
>>
>> Dear autocrosser,
>>
>> You are subscribed to the thread "Unreal Tournament 3 linux
>> screenshots!!!!" by eragon100, there have been 1 post(s) to this thread,
>> the last poster was phobos_anomaly.
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=923315
>>
>> These following posts were made to the thread:
>> ************
>> Re: Unreal Tournament 3 linux screenshots!!!!
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6889165#post6889165
>> Posted by: phobos_anomaly
>> On: March 13th, 2009 11:29 AM
>>
>> Ok, heres whats going on with the linux port for ut3. I work for nvidia
>> and have been in touch with epic over the last few months about ut3 and
>> the possibility of shipping copies with certain graphics cards. I've
>> made mention that, if a deal like that should happen, that we would also
>> want a linux port to ship with the game. I have been told repeatedly
>> that linux client has been scrapped and that, at this time, there is no
>> interest whatsoever in resuming that project. So once again, linux users
>> gets screwed. For those of you that feel the need to express your
>> disdain for this, I suggest snail mailing epic at the following address:
>>
>> Epic Games
>> ATTN CEO
>> 620 Crossroads Blvd
>> Cary, NC 27518
>>
>> Good Luck
>>
>>
>> All the best,
>> Ubuntu Forums
>>
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