Re: Doom Conversion (was Dragons Lair

[aar7334@exodus.valpo.edu (Auri Man)]

daver@ns1.interactive.net (Dave Roberts) wrote:

:         Hmm. :) RezTek had this cool plan of software based upgrades, but I
: don't realy remember it so I won't say any more. Needless to say, with
: companies dropping like flies in the GS world, the fact that a company is
: "established" means little.

I think an established company means a lot!  An established company can:

     1.  afford upgrades (not ask for funding)
     2.  get them out faster (team, not single person)
     3.  distribute to a solid consumer base, this means that their
         reputation as a good company that usually delivers on time <grin>
         will give their customers incentive to buy their product, and 
         expect upgrades.  

Think of RezTek (of the little I know about the project, I admit):

     1.  one person working on the project
     2.  cannot guarantee hardware updates
     3.  cannot guarantee software updates
     4.  must ask for funding
     5.  has no other hardware products (that I know of) to base
         reliability on (shot in the dark if this works right)
     6.  has no consumer base, so people won't be as willing to buy
         a card from a company they know nothing about

Maybe I'm just a Sequential fan, but they have never let me down, and have
always had great technical support, given upgrades, and have been very 
polite over the years, so I would have to go with them.  Sure, I found a 
VGA Monitor in the trash that works, so I saved myself $x, but oh well!  I
would much rather buy the VGA monitor, since then I could use it on a PC, 
such as on the laptop I just purchased.  Also, many people have purchased
PCs and can switch between the same monitor without spending dollar one on
another monitor.  

:         (now, the TRez better come out so I don't feel like a jerk :)

Isn't this the catch, though?  I hope he gets the card out, too, but SS
will probably come out first, and I think many more programmers have 
decided to work on the SS instead of the TR, especially since they will
_have_ something to work on, instead of hopes of glory and pizza :)

Well, that's my 2c worth of reasoning, and I need to get to class!  FINALS!

-Auri

(My opinions are my own, not PowerGS's.)