[opensource-dev] Unity 3D as possible base for future (maybe even official) SL Viewers

[Glen Canaday]

No Linux support is a total deal-breaker for me. I really don't care how
many platforms are supported, and that includes gaming consoles, if mine
isn't. Gaming consoles are irrelevant, as SL is not a game and would not
sell at Best Buy even if it were, making that support a completely moot
point.

I don't pay for the "privilege" of using an operating system on my
hardware. Just because someone else does does not mean I (and the rest
of the Linux users in SL, including a pretty good percentage of Lindens)
should be shut out. If a commercial piece of software does not support
the entire user base and is not GPL or LGPL, then it should be off the
table completely.

If you really want to do something like this, look to Ogre instead.

--GC

On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 13:44 -0700, Daniel Smith wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Boroondas Gupte
> <sllists at boroon.dasgupta.ch> wrote:
>          On 10/03/2010 08:57 PM, Daniel Smith wrote:
>         > Consider what it would take to have a Unity foundation,
>         layered with
>         > the SL-specific experience on top.
>         What it would take? At least Linux support for Unity.
> 
> Yep, that came up as a point on my blog, and I answered: 
> 
>         Now, let’s look at the deployment platforms in Unity 3.0,
>         which just came out on Monday — all of these will be available
>         soon:
>         
>         Mac, Windows, Web, iPhone, Android, Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360
>         
>         I think that’s amazing. Don’t you? Yes, it sucks a little that
>         Linux isn’t in there. … But… if there is that potential to get
>         a better experience for 95% of the current users, and to open
>         up a bunch of new platforms to them and new users, then my gut
>         says that is the right way to go.
>         
> Also.. I would think that the current Linux viewer could maintain
> compatibility. 
> 
> -- 
> Daniel Smith - Sonoma County, California
> http://daniel.org/resume
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Policies and (un)subscribe information available here:
> http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev
> Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges