<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>heh, heh.<br><br></div>They just can't come out and say, "We will keep Minecraft on Linux because we lost the war and the desktop is no longer all ours.". Available on "the PC" and iOS. <br><br></div>So since Mac crap now runs on Intel, doesn't that make it a PC?<br><br></div>Notch is grinning all the way to the bank.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 1:44 PM, Robert Reese <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ale@sixit.com" target="_blank">ale@sixit.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">[Oops. Forgot link.]<br>
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<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>
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Very sad, disturbing news:<br>
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Mojang just sold their souls to Microsoft. The MS press release specifies which platforms Microsoft will offer Minecraft on. Linux is missing from the list.<br>
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How long before advertising starts being added? In-App Purchases? Your maps taken for their profit? Mod authors receiving Cease and Desist orders for violating Microsoft IP?<br>
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Getting "Realms" was on my to-do list. I'm glad I waited.<br>
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The world got a little darker today.<br>
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Robert~<br>
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