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Carmack 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
by Hydraulix989 10y ago
Carmack 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?