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I've always held Carmack in very high regard. He's one of the few folks in our field where if he says he didn't my gut tells me to believe him. Here's to just
by russtrotter 10y ago
I've always held Carmack in very high regard. He's one of the few folks in our field where if he says he didn't my gut tells me to believe him. Here's to justice being served, one way or another. There's a great comment from a user "Netherhigal" on the comments for the article that says: "If it were anyone else saying they rewrote the code from scratch, I'd call bullshit. With Carmack though? I'd believe he sneezed onto the keyboard and functioning code happened."
Pretty much sums up my opinion as well :)
- Hydraulix989 10y agoCarmack is a great person, one of my coding idols. An interesting piece of history is that it was confirmed in the biography Masters of Doom that he started iD software with Romero using company hardware while he was employed by Softdisk, and they had to come to an agreement to continue developing software for them (including Keen games) for a bit after they left in order to appease Softdisk into not suing them into oblivion. Apparently, old habits die hard.
- sgdread 10y agoYou must count the fact that computers these days were luxury and one simply cannot afford one like we do nowadays.
- Hydraulix989 10y agoIf anything, it makes the case that much more egregious -- there's a difference between borrowing your employer's pen and borrowing expensive high-end lab equipment to start your own competitive enterprise.
- Zaonce 10y agoAnd yet Ken Levine had no issues doing that with Looking Glass offices and equipment.
- Hydraulix989 10y agoWhat is your point?