Two years ago when I did some random sampling of players on servers, around 80% of them were running a Windows client. I don't think that number has changed substantially today. I was actually very susprised as when I first started playing it was nearly 100% Unix based clients. Actually I've seen considerably less interest and hype regarding Linux in the past year. The recent swell of layoffs and no company yet to come out as profitable certainly do not help mindshare. That being said I do hope that Microsoft realizes that a handful of nickels is better than no dimes. The recent licensing moves are one of the most arrogant mistakes I've seen in the marketplace since Lotus first tried to do the same thing in the 80's. > -----Original Message----- > From: vanilla-clients-admin at us.netrek.org > [mailto:vanilla-clients-admin at us.netrek.org]On Behalf Of Zachary Uram > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 12:47 AM > To: James Cameron > Cc: vanilla-list at us.netrek.org; cow at netrek.org > Subject: [Netrek Clients] Re: [Vanilla List] Growing Netrek - Measures > > > Linux install base continues to grow. > Instead of focusing on Win32 maybe we should concentrate on *NIX > clients for revamp. *NIX gives far more freedom and flexibility > IMHO. > > On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, James Cameron wrote: > > > On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 01:05:26AM -0400, Dave Ahn wrote: > > > The current documentation and web site pretty much suck. They cater > > > to people who already know how to play. I agree that a slick client > > > with built-in tutorial and fancy graphics that installs with one > > > click is the way to go. > > > > Anyone have any ideas for open source installers that I could use for > > a one-click install of COW with sound and pixmaps? > > > > -- > > James Cameron mailto:quozl at us.netrek.org http://quozl.netrek.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > > vanilla-list mailing list > > vanilla-list at us.netrek.org > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/vanilla-list > > > > > uram at cmu.edu > "Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have faith." - John 20:29 > > _______________________________________________ > vanilla-clients mailing list > vanilla-clients at us.netrek.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/vanilla-clients > >