Comment Re:Banned from PSN... (Score 2, Informative) 322
You don't know what you are talking about. I successfully wrote and compiled PS3 software, then ran it on my retail console thanks to PSGroove.
You don't know what you are talking about. I successfully wrote and compiled PS3 software, then ran it on my retail console thanks to PSGroove.
... is to wait until a Google recruiter contacts me. I then explain I have trouble trusting Google as an entity because of that particular bad experience I had with them. Then my problem gets magically solved. And I respectfully decline the job offer.
Disclaimer: I own nimp.org.
Games already are on the very limits of a platform. They already are optimized to the breaking point. There’s nothing left.
You can only make the textures and models crappier and remove some physics and collision detection.
And your point is that eg. Uncharted was optimised to the breaking point, and there was no way Uncharted 2 would look better, with better textures, models, physics and collisions?
The PS3 hardware is very complicated. Very few programmers can claim to master both the PS3 hardware and video game related algorithms. And most of them probably work at Naughty Dog or Insomniac Games.
So, if I want a Cell-powered machine that can run my software, what choices do I have now? I cannot afford an IBM blade server (the price tag is around $10,000) and there is no way Sony will let me have a Debug or Test PS3 at home.
Do you have any actual evidence that the people running Linux on their PS3 are the people who were responsible for any of the popularity of the PS3?
Here are some facts about me. Up to you to decide whether it means anything:
- I run Linux on my PS3
- Thanks to Linux on the PS3, I kick ass at PPU (AltiVec) and SPU programming
- My skills got me a job at an AAA game studio
When I use my sam@lastmeasure.zoy.org e-mail address, people who know this successful domain with thousands of visitors immediately take me as seriously as required on the Internet.
Obviously you've never worked at a game development company... Programmers there aren't worth much.
At least this guy got away with all his limbs and no oil burns. And they didn't use the spiders...
Obviously you've worked at the wrong game development company. I know quite a few successful European studios where programmers are well treated. I can't believe no US companies is worth working for, see for instance Insomniac Games.
The following survey disagrees with your perception of Debian not having a significant presence in the embedded market: http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT7065740528.html . I suggest you back up your statement with relevant information if you wish to use it as an argument.
Also, Ulrich Drepper does not have "every right" to disregard the ARM platform as long as it is listed as a supported architecture. My request to the steering committee can be seen here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-glibc/2007/10/msg00038.html
The question of whether computers can think is just like the question of whether submarines can swim. -- Edsger W. Dijkstra