[ale] OT: Microsoft Buying Mojang / Minecraft, Will Drop Linux (link added)

[Evan Banyash]

That's not possible though. the game runs on LWJGL which is an externally
managed opengl library. The api remains uniform between platforms. They
cannot favor one over another here without rewriting a LOT of code.

And have you seen the minecraft codebase? It's a tangled mess that nobody
can ever touch without breaking everything.

On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 2:17 PM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:

> They may "optimize" certain subsystems to be Windows-only, however.
>
> OTOH, I don't hold anything against the selling company/team - getting paid
> enough to to never work again is a nice thing to have, even if it is
> inconvenient for the rest of the world.
>
> On 09/15/2014 01:47 PM, Evan Banyash wrote:
> > Also "PC" implies linux. It's not like they're taking it off of java...
> > that would require a total rewrite.
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 1:44 PM, Robert Reese <ale at sixit.com> wrote:
> >
> >> [Oops. Forgot link.]
> >>
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2014/sept14/09-15news.aspx
> >>
> >>
> >> 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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