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Carmack left iD because they wouldn't let him work on the sort of stuff he wanted to work on. I see no reason he'd stick around Faceulus as an acquihire; if he'
by cwyers 13y ago
Carmack left iD because they wouldn't let him work on the sort of stuff he wanted to work on. I see no reason he'd stick around Faceulus as an acquihire; if he's working at Facebook in the future, it's because they're letting Oculus do what it was doing when Facebook bought it.
- hack_edu 13y ago> if he's working at Facebook in the future ... beyond what's required by contract
- wavefunction 13y ago@ hack_edu Contracts can be broken. I really doubt John Carmack has to do anything he doesn't want to do. It will be the canary in the coalmine as far as whether I purchase an Oculus HMD when they release. I do hate this "winner-take-all" situation where a few tech companies in the US acquire every single cutting edge company.
- beedogs 13y agoAn effective FTC and more widespread use of the Sherman act would be nice in the US.
- stefan_kendall3 13y agoThis would destroy most of the business models of most of the companies on this website. I fail to see how a social media company buying a headset manufacturer would even hint at anti-trust.