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Originally Posted by suneel112
I like Linux. I would run linux, except that my games will not run on it, unless I get WINE. Even then, the Microsoft Software Cartel controls so much of the software industry, they will have specially designed products to not run on linux. I wish that Bill Gates had been convicted back in 1997, before he bought media corporations to publicize the Clinton affair.
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Special care must be taken to write a game that supports multiple platforms. Many games by ID Software do this. Unfortunately, most game makers don't see Linux as being profitable. This is largely due to it's microscopic market share compared to MS Windows.
Think of it this way...
Let's say I designed a new gas pump system for fueling cars. It solves all the current problems including eliminating the problems with static electrricity at the pump making everyone safer. Unfortunately, instead of the usual circular opening, my connector is slightly larger and is square. We all know from the toys when we were toddlers that bigger squares can't fit in smaller circular holes.
I tried marketing the new device to car makers. Only 1 car maker is using the technology- Lamborghini. Now all I have to do is convince gas station owners to offer the new technology so everyone can enjoy it.
See the problem? The people who own gas stations don't want to support the very small base of users who own Lamborghinis. The end result? Everyone continues to use the inferior technology.
Microsoft has such a large installed Windows base that it's just not good business to develop for other platforms, especially 3rd ranked Linux. It doesn't matter whose technology is superior. All that matters is money, and right now developing for Linux abandons all that managers have learned in business school. It takes innovators like John Carmack from ID Software to develop on both Windows and Linux. He makes very little from developing for Linux because for him money is important, but innovating and advancing technology are foremost in his mind.