I think John Carmack is being very short sighted and narrow minded. I think he knows it and cant face it because this is an arena he failed in. Supporting Linux allows companies like Valve to do as they please. They’re no longer shackled to the whims of Microsoft. And the introduction of Metro, Windows 8, Microsoft Store and UEFI/Secure boot has really brought home what that means.
Microsoft are trying to become like Apple. That means closing what was relatively speaking an open platform (not in the sense of free open source). Microsoft want developers to sell through their software store where they have the final word on what can and cannot be sold. And they’ll extract a heavy percentage of your takings for the “privilege” of supporting their OS.
Valve understands the danger this poses to their business. That is why they are calling Linux a “get out of jail free card”.
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I think John Carmack is being very short sighted and narrow minded. I think he knows it and cant face it because this is an arena he failed in. Supporting Linux allows companies like Valve to do as they please. They’re no longer shackled to the whims of Microsoft. And the introduction of Metro, Windows 8, Microsoft Store and UEFI/Secure boot has really brought home what that means.
Microsoft are trying to become like Apple. That means closing what was relatively speaking an open platform (not in the sense of free open source). Microsoft want developers to sell through their software store where they have the final word on what can and cannot be sold. And they’ll extract a heavy percentage of your takings for the “privilege” of supporting their OS.
Valve understands the danger this poses to their business. That is why they are calling Linux a “get out of jail free card”.