Poll: what OS/platforms (besides Win32) for DomII - Page 2

B0rsuk · #11 January 11th, 2006, 04:58 PM

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Graeme Dice said:
You really do need to put a Windows option if you want most people to be able to respond.

You missed the point. It's what other OS do you use. Windows is the same as windows, so by conclusion it isn't other than windows. Therefore not a valid choice. I heard rumors that other OS'es are, in fact, used. Besides, such polls get boring quickly. See here:
http://www.bioware.com/_poll/view_poll.html?pollID=136

Graeme Dice · #12 January 11th, 2006, 05:13 PM

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B0rsuk said:
You missed the point. It's what other OS do you use.

I think that you missed the point. This poll is poorly designed unless you only are interested in the OS used by a small portion of the playerbase.

B0rsuk · #13 January 11th, 2006, 05:23 PM

Considering that word 'other' is used, I'd suspect it actually is designed to get information from 'small' portion of the playerbase. So your post is off-topic.
And don't forget to check this link:

http://www.bioware.com/_poll/view_poll.html?pollID=136

Gandalf Parker · #14 January 11th, 2006, 09:26 PM

Just to jump in....
I use a Solaris?Sparc system and a Debian Linux for hosting and webside interfacing to games, and I usually use WinXp for the player/client side. I would be thrilled if Dom3 continued to support all of them. But apparently Illwinter has announced in a news article that Solaris will not be supported. However that only means they dont plan to create a solaris install and do solaris testing/debugging. It may still be possible to get it to work on one. Especially a Sun running something else other than solaris.

Im thrilled to see some Basics mentioned. I did my Dom1 stuff in BWBasic on the linux, and for all the stuff on my Dom2Minions site thru to the present I use YaBasic for linux scripting and CGI. Especially since its dual compatable to Windows and allows me to compile EXE's. I dont see any reason to switch for the Dom3 stuff.

And people with fond memories of my site. I have had Dom3Minions.com registered for nearly a year now.

Gandalf Parker

Graeme Dice · #15 January 12th, 2006, 01:08 PM

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B0rsuk said:
And don't forget to check this link:

http://www.bioware.com/_poll/view_poll.html?pollID=136

I checked the link. It doesn't tell you any useful information because I'm pretty sure I can remember that poll being posted as Slashdot, which means that you're going to get swamped with a much greater than normal amount of Linux users. After all, the market share for Macs is only around 5%, and the market share for the other *nixs is going to be much smaller.

Gandalf Parker · #16 January 12th, 2006, 02:05 PM

On the other hand, there is the "fish factor" to consider. Big fish in small pond versus small fish in big pond. In the Mac market a game is a much bigger "fish" than in the windows market. And in the linux market, you are a freaking WHALE! Things are evening out but it is still true at this time that a new relase of a game that supports linux will get some great pr in national sites that is hard to achieve if it were only a windows game.

Gandalf Parker