<div dir="ltr"><div>That's not possible though. the game runs on LWJGL which is an externally managed opengl library. The api remains uniform between platforms. They cannot favor one over another here without rewriting a LOT of code.<br><br></div>And have you seen the minecraft codebase? It's a tangled mess that nobody can ever touch without breaking everything.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 2:17 PM, JD <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jdp@algoloma.com" target="_blank">jdp@algoloma.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">They may "optimize" certain subsystems to be Windows-only, however.<br>
<br>
OTOH, I don't hold anything against the selling company/team - getting paid<br>
enough to to never work again is a nice thing to have, even if it is<br>
inconvenient for the rest of the world.<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
On 09/15/2014 01:47 PM, Evan Banyash wrote:<br>
> Also "PC" implies linux. It's not like they're taking it off of java...<br>
> that would require a total rewrite.<br>
><br>
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 1:44 PM, Robert Reese <<a href="mailto:ale@sixit.com">ale@sixit.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> [Oops. Forgot link.]<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2014/sept14/09-15news.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2014/sept14/09-15news.aspx</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Very sad, disturbing news:<br>
>><br>
>> Mojang just sold their souls to Microsoft. The MS press release specifies<br>
>> which platforms Microsoft will offer Minecraft on. Linux is missing from<br>
>> the list.<br>
>><br>
>> How long before advertising starts being added? In-App Purchases? Your<br>
>> maps taken for their profit? Mod authors receiving Cease and Desist orders<br>
>> for violating Microsoft IP?<br>
>><br>
>> Getting "Realms" was on my to-do list. I'm glad I waited.<br>
>><br>
>> The world got a little darker today.<br>
>><br>
>> Robert~<br>
>><br>
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