/me checks mail: NO :(

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Quoting: "Qantourisc, post: 5970, member: 181"Does this means it's subscription based ?!?

Found the answer: http://www.interstellarmarines.com/forum/threads/id/2567/ [External Link]
It's not subscription based, it means: you will get any re-release (console, other platform,..) for free.

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Lifetime Access
At a thousand dollars (or more) we think you deserve something extra special. That’s why we will award you with lifetime access to Interstellar Marines, on all platforms. To salute your support we will ship a custom-made ITO dog tag engraved with your username and ask you to never open your wallet again; shut up and keep your money!

Does this means it's subscription based ?!?

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Quoting: "Anon, post: 5941"I just realized I've got a very weak and sub-par machine. Hopefully that qualifies me for it, since they want a huge range of machines.

See:

Quoting: "Cheeseness, post: 5938, member: 122"Actually, the Valve guys had said in comments on the recent blog post that they wanted as broad a selection of hardware and software configurations as they could get. Perhaps that'll work in your favour ^_^

:)

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I got to fill in other distro other window manager, things are not looking good for me :)

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A game is never geared towards a distribution, it's geared towards ONE version of a distribution. You are far better of targeting certain libs.

And I also don't like DRM, I also don't like Apple Phone or Android or Windows, there is still 1 alternative but if that doesn't work, I still need to pick one of those 3 :/
(Luckly I don't need a smartphone atm.)

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Quoting: "Cheeseness, post: 5935, member: 122"I don't agree that using open standards requires bigger codebases or encourages more bugs.

Me neither, but I assume you made a typo ? Otherwise I agree with your quote.
And it's not that there are no open standards, is that they aren't used and people don't care. This hurts them, and it also hurts us (imo).

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Quoting: "Cheeseness, post: 5923, member: 122"I'm not quite sure of what it is you're saying. Is B Free Software in this case? If so, why would costs of development be increased?

If B is commercial: increased cost; if it's free: lot more work to develop, more bugs, and bigger code.

Edit:
My main point is just, closed-source software is not nearly as bad, as the lack of open standards is bad.
I see more and more cloud applications that create more and more vendor lock-in.

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Quoting: "Cheeseness, post: 5914, member: 122"I'm with KIAaze. I'd really like to see greater discussion and awareness of the implications of running non-free software on a Free OS.

IMO Free software is over-rated. It's WAAAY more harmfull to build closed systems: closed file standards, protocols (Apple-talk, Skype, Cloud-sync services). While they could be using: Jabber, vcarddav, imap, scp, sftp, ...
This is holding back FOSS a LOT more. This also makes so you can't drop product A and replace it with a better product B because you'd tied to the closed standard.
It will also block and increase the cost of making product B, because it's less economical viable. And for FOSS people it's a LOT more work.

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Quoting: "Bumadar, post: 5906, member: 93"I think its cool steam comes to linux, I do worry a bit what will happen with the smaller players like Desura and Gamolith. In a huge windows environment there is room for other companies to exists but with the success of HiB where a Steam key is a must people will get pushed towards steam and I am afraid that soon Desura and Gamolith will be pushed aside.

For me it's simple: direct sales gets preference, then the least drm, and then finally drm.

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