Tzafrir Rehan wrote: > On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Oron Peled <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > On Friday, 18 בSeptember 2009 16:50:38 Shlomi Fish wrote: > > Since a typical game nowadays costs a lot of money to develop, > and requires > > the collaboration of many people, it seems unlikely that we will > see many > > open-source games that are up-to-par with commercial offerings. > > Rubbish. > > I can still remember when people thought that writing small > utilities (e.g: > a shell) is OK, but a real COMPILER? Out of the question... > > OK, maybe a compiler yes, but a KERNEL? Nah... > > Surely, a full desktop is out of reach of a community effort... > > Hmmmm.... these are all the easy ones. GAMES are the ultimate > obstacle. > No chance to tackle it. We are doomed :-O > > > Not a good comparison. > > Expecting to have a good full game for free is like expecting to > receive a full feature film for free, or a music album for free. > Some do it, but most artists want to get paid for their craft. Let me remind you, that "Free as in speech" != "Free as in beer". There are ways to contribute to an OSS project and still get paid.
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