how have I, i have just helped you realise you are not able to comprehend software development as use a developing piece of software, I have not comprehended any of my points...

anyway, this is my last post on this matter as gunther is right, this has gone far enough.

o.0 i thought there was going to be a MAC release....

seriously, you are comparing video games to operating systems? go back to school.

 grmg, try reading what i said again, the source was provided by you...

USEFUL software (not video games)...

Microsoft's software is hugely inferior to Linux...

most useless software is designed for MS windows (aka video games and ammeter coding environments), most big companies/projects that are pushing the boundaries of modern technology use linux (the hadron collider for one example)

Linux performs better on average than windows for the same hardware in gaming...

once again i am looking at whats happening in the future, not whats happening now, you need to get your tenses sorted.

i have already said what more they can provide, go and read it,

HA windows update is a joke, you can update linux almost as often as you want, and not at all if you wish. Updates are fast and effective in Linux, and problems are fixed Quickly unlike the few  months you could spend waiting with MS windows,

Of course software is integrated in hardware development!

Don't care about their customers- lack of fast software fixes, lack of competitive prices, lack of general care for the consumer

2 different engines financially stupid? umm they have one for windows and MAC (thats 2),

win is shit, just most people don't know there's a better alternative,

useful software, everything that is in Linux, code development environments, CNC controllers, everything that "makes the world run"

like i said, i would never put such insecure software anywhere near my PC,

MS windows costs infinitely more than Linux,

And you've been using the same software for 3 years? come out of your cave and see the new world...

yes cheap half describes MS windows well, u pay a shitload of money, and get a cheap tacky piece of rubbish for your money. gunther, yes there are more than 1 distro, but games would only need to be compatible with one, like fedora for example. Anyone can use fedora, it is a perfect replacement for MS windows. HA linux is much more controlled than windows/MAC. windows or mac have so much malware its unbelievable that they are still usable. Linux is controlled, as the user can do anything he/she wants including doing nothing and it will work fine. any computer litterate person can do whatever he wants with linux, but forget doing anything in windows/MAC. I dont know what peoples problem is with linux, but these coders that are so against the future are really holding technology back.

cheap, u wanna pay for crummy software. gunther, you get linux for free!

the problem is companies like microsoft and apple don't care about their customers, and sooner or later people will realise open source software like linux has so much more to offer them for so much less.

most of what you have just said is completely irrelevant to your point,

How technology advancement works:
In the case of PC's / desktop computers (whatever you wish to call them), the research into optimising and increasing performance is done non commercially, e.g privately run/sponsored projects (the supercomputers). the cutting edge of commercial technology today would have been considered a supercomputer a few years back, so we can ,for now, that in a couple of years time, the supercomputers today, will be the standard PC. The page you quoted had a section on the supercomputers around today that said that the software uses on them are 92.4% linux. Now what happens in 2 years time when this hardware (designed and optimised for linux use) comes into commercial use? It is likely to be sold with linux NOT MS windows or whatever equivalent they will have. That is the point i was making.

85% of the world? wake up. everyone i have ever talked to or known knows the definition of PC.

The world runs on windows??? HA. The people who USE computers to do real tasks are much more likely to use linux as it is much more useful for those who CAN use a computer. The people who use MS windows are those who do their on-line shopping and play video games. The world does NOT run on these activities. The world runs on the people who push for new better technology's, and MS windows does not do this.

the only advantage MS windows has is video gaming, Linux is faster, easier to use, FREE, and now that steam are supporting it, it will also match windows in video gaming. That is why linux is outright better that windows.

MS have taken software pretty much as far as it can go with a company designing/writing it. There is not much more they can do, so the open source platforms will overtake them as they can provide SO much more to the consumer.

wtf do you think you are talking about, only computer literate people can use linux? have you even seen it? Fedora (one example) the GUI is no different to MS windows XP, Fedora is easier to use than MS windows and when there is a problem, The open source community fixes it, unlike microsoft who don't care about their customers. Your point is just proving your lack of knowledge about different software platforms.

what on earth are you on about with doomsday preppers? how is that at all relevant. when making a bit of software, you have to make it compatable with whatever software will be around when it is released not when its being developed.

sorry, the people who "have a life" spend it playing video games? ummmmm no. people who "have a life" do useful things with it.

It doesn't make any difference how much money the companies have, what matters is what they can offer the consumer. A company can never get close to providing the service and quality that open source does. If they offer the consumer to pay for their software that is inferior to something the consumer can get for free, why will the consumer use their software? so when the consumer stops buying the companies software, it makes no difference how much money the company has.

A significant portion of the audience barely has enough money for a decent computer.     umm what does this even mean? If they don't have money for a decent PC how are they going to afford MS windows as well as your game? might want to start thinking your arguments through more thoroughly...

like it or not, if you ever want to get anywhere with computers you have to be able to understand what is a very likely outcome in the future, and know your way around different bits of software. 

I do not understand why many things will support MAC's but not linux these days....
but with the potential thrive in linux gaming, i still don't see why there could not be an eventual plan to get trem2 on linux after its successfully released on windows/IOS, you would only have to make for 1 distro, so it wouldn't be twice the work, As for the engine, as far as i understand, there are linux clients for it....
besides, UE3 supports mac, so surely it would not be that difficult to make it linux compatable (as mac is linux based)?

even if severe mods are needed to the engine, i can't see why they would mind you making their engine linux compatible (if anything i would think that they may even encourage it) and it still seems to me that it would be worth the extra work to open trem2 to a 2 times larger audience...
  Gunther, like i said, i would never pay for anything that i am not 100% sure that it will work and there's no way im putting MS windows on my PC