D vs Java

[Hasan Aljudy]

Lucas Goss wrote:
> Secondly... games! This is where open source doesn't fit in my opinion. 
> I make a game and release it, who will pay for support. Users will think 
> it's a bad game if it doesn't work or if it's buggy. And gamers won't 
> pay to add things (unless it's maybe like $5), and instead choose to try 
> to do Mod's.
> 

Do you know what Valve did with their games? (Half-Life/Half-Life2)

They released the source to the game engine (*not* the graphics engine, 
only the game logic, which by the way, is huge), and allowed hobyists to 
modify it and distribute their modifications (aka Mods). That's how 
Counter-Strike was born.

Yeah, it's not really open source, but it's close. It seemed to work 
great for Valve!