Loki

amnesty_puppy · 09-23-2004, 01:54 PM

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.

Mara · 09-24-2004, 04:31 PM

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

R00ts · 09-24-2004, 05:41 PM

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.

XavierP · 09-25-2004, 05:34 AM

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Originall posted by R00ts
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.

Berto · 09-25-2004, 07:17 PM

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Originally posted by R00ts
I would love to see another company like Loki come around, I'd buy their games.

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/

vasudevadas · 09-27-2004, 01:55 PM

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Originally posted by XavierP
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.

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.

Elijah · 09-28-2004, 02:16 AM

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

nuka_t · 09-28-2004, 02:24 AM

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

trey85stang · 09-28-2004, 09:47 AM

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Originally posted by nuka_t
an open source project never goes bankrupt. that's the beauty of it.

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

nuka_t · 09-28-2004, 10:19 AM

then how did torvalds buy his bmw?

vasudevadas · 09-28-2004, 01:16 PM

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.

trey85stang · 09-28-2004, 03:08 PM

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Originally posted by nuka_t
then how did torvalds buy his bmw?

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

nuka_t · 09-28-2004, 08:59 PM

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

Stack · 09-28-2004, 10:16 PM

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Originally posted by nuka_t
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...

vasudevadas · 09-29-2004, 02:21 AM

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