Re: Non-DOS ports of Descent???

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From: alle... Mark W. Allender
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1995 14:06

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Ethan Shayne (esh...@ibm.net) wrote:
: If you want a Linux port of Descent, please write to
: sup...@interplay.com or use their website (http://www.interplay.com)
: to post a suggestion. I'm thinking the more requests they get, the
: more likely they'll do it. And I'd really like to see it happen too.

I don't think that this do will much good.  It has been stated by Parallax
that a linux port is highly unlikely at this point.  The reason -- $$$.
It really boils down to simple ecomonics in terms of expenditures versus
returns.

--
-Mark Allender
-Parallax Software
-alle...@prairienet.org

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