[ale] OT: Microsoft Buying Mojang / Minecraft, Will Drop Linux

[Jim Kinney]

I recently acquired a VPS for my son to run a minecraft server on. When I
showed him the the notice a week back this was coming I thought he was
going to cry. The minecraft community is pretty pissed.

On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Robert Reese <ale at sixit.com> wrote:

> Very sad, disturbing news:
>
> Mojang just sold their souls to Microsoft.  The MS press release specifies
> which platforms Microsoft will offer Minecraft on. Linux is missing from
> the list.
>
> How long before advertising starts being added?  In-App Purchases?  Your
> maps taken for their profit?  Mod authors receiving Cease and Desist orders
> for violating Microsoft IP?
>
> Getting "Realms" was on my to-do list.  I'm glad I waited.
>
> The world got a little darker today.
>
> Robert~
>
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