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The problem is described in the first two sentences of the article: > "The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court suddenly couldn't access his em
by breve 11mo ago
The problem is described in the first two sentences of the article:
> "The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court suddenly couldn't access his email. According to Microsoft, that's because of US sanctions against the court's employees."
Nothing you've listed relates to that.
If American services and platforms have become unreliable and untrustworthy because the American government is erratic, then it's only natural that European organisations will look for alternatives.
DirectX is a funny one to list because 90% of Windows games run on Linux. WINE and Proton solve that problem for you:
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/nearly-90-percent-of-windows-games-now-run-on-linux-latest-data-shows-as-windows-10-dies-gaming-on-linux-is-more-viable-than-ever https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/nearly-90-percen...
- pjmlp 11mo agoYes it is, see my last sentence. Without Windows developers, game studios using Windows, Visual Studio and DirectX, SteamOS would have no games. Proton represents Valve's failure to make a business out of Steam OS native games. Funny will be when Microsoft decides Proton is a relevant target to aim for, and shot down by all means necessary.
- breve 11mo ago> Proton represents Valve's failure No, it represents a market opportunity. WINE (a European led project) effectively makes Win32 and DirectX into Linux APIs. It works well for games. You can bring those games to Linux with less effort. And Valve can offer SteamOS (based on Arch Linux, also a European led project) for less cost. You don't need Visual Studio. JetBrains has nice, cross-platform IDEs and they're a European company to boot: https://www.jetbrains.com/ https://www.jetbrains.com/
- pjmlp 11mo agoNow go see how many game studios use JetBrains. As for Proton, don't build castles on foreign kingdoms => OS/2 "runs Windows better", Netbooks. Lets see how long Valve manages to keep their castle up.
- breve 11mo ago> don't build castles on foreign kingdoms Microsoft is a foreign kingdom to Europe. That's part of the problem.
- pjmlp 11mo agoWhich is why I listed several Microsoft dependent technologies that Europe kingdom guards have to stop the merchants from Microsoft kingdom trade at the borders. Without wagons carrying Windows game boxes, there is nothing at the SteamOS theater to play, and then the actors have to actually come up with their own original plays.
- breve 11mo agoWhat do you believe will happen? Wine exists. It will continue to exist. You can do development with Wine without a copy of Windows: https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/wikis/Winelib-User's-Guide https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/wikis/Winelib-User's-G...