Loki
 

Why did Loki close down? Can't seem to find any info on their website or on google search. I would have thought that quality games for linux would be a nice market niche.

If I reember correctly it was because of bancrupcy or something very close.

By the time I found Linux and the OSS world Loki was long gone. :( I would love to see another company like Loki come around, I'd buy their games.

I seem to remember seeing similar comments before Loki opened. Unforunately for Loki, not enough people shared the sentiment. Native games would be excellent and a few are out there, but not enough of the community actually are willing to put their money where their mouth is - witness the number of people that complain about paying a few dollars for Cedega. Sad, but true.

There actually is another one starting up; Linux Game Publishing. They're the ones who ported Postal 2 over to linux among other games (although the other games aren't all as, shall we say, controversial as Postal 2).

http://www.linuxgamepublishing.com/

You kinda get spoilt by Linux and F/OSS, and too used to just downloading whatever software you want, when you discover that you need/want it. When you come across some Linux software that someone's trying to sell, the old-fashioned way, and you have to get out your credit card in order to obtain a copy, you think something like...I have to buy it? How quaint !!

Or I do, anyway.

I would've bought Cedega if only they accepted my Debit card ...

an open source project never goes bankrupt. that's the beauty of it.

and they never make a living off of it as well.

then how did torvalds buy his bmw?

Gotta admit, he's got you there. IIRC rms used to make enough selling Emacs tapes to live on. Certainly not enough to buy a Beemer with, of course, but the point stands. Some people *do* make a living from open source software.

Maybe from working for http://www.transmeta.com/ ??

no. he bought it before that. he bought it through a "donation" from mandrake and redhat. he also got a house.

So he creates an operating system used by millions and all he gets is a bmw and a house? Sign me up with microsoft...

MIcrosoft would probably employ you as a temp, so you get no sick leave, or paid holiday...