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Game Developers Should Ignore Software Pirates
wraith808 points out a story about remarks made by the CEO of software and game development company Stardock about sales in the PC game industry. His suggestion to other developers is simple: ignore the software pirates. From Ars Technica: “‘So here is the deal: When you develop for a market, you don’t go by the user base. You go by the potential customer base. That’s what most software companies do. They base what they want to create on the size of the market they’re developing for,’ Wardell writes on his blog. ‘But not PC game developers.’ Don’t let people who aren’t your audience control the titles you make, and ignore piracy. This is much like Trent Reznor’s strategy, although the execution is different. Instead of worrying about pirates, just leave the content out in the open. The market Reznor plays to will still buy the music; he’s simply stopped worrying about the pirates. He came to the same conclusion: they weren’t customers, they might never be customers, so spending money to try to stop them serves no purpose.”Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Why Aren’t More Linux Users Gamers?
tops writes “MadPenguin.org wonders why more Linux users aren’t gamers and attempts to answer that question. The article suggests, ‘As far as I’m concerned, it all comes down to a choice. Expect the gaming industry to follow the Linux doctrine or instead, build up a viable, cross platform gaming market that includes us, the Linux users.’ The article urges publishers to consider Linux users as a viable market, and requests that game developers target Linux as a platform during the pre-production phase.” What do you think are the most important obstacles barring the big game publishers from reaching out to the Linux market more than they already do?Read more of this story at Slashdot.

NEC Breaks Two Records With Itanium Server
NEC’s new Express 5800 server has broken the TPC-E benchmark performance record.

Citigroup Says Microsoft Likely to Raise Yahoo Offer
Citigroup said it is likely Microsoft will raise its $31-per-share offer for Yahoo and upgraded Yahoo shares to “buy” from “hold.”

BBC Says its Web Site is Unblocked in China
The corporation said staff at its bureau in Beijing are able to access stories that would normally be blocked.

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