On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Spencer J Sinn wrote: > <rant> > IMHO, I think one of the weaker point os Llinux is not its viability as > a desktop ala MS Office, but its lack of childrens games. My 4 year old > daughter would be running Linux right now if there were more pre-school > age games for the system. > I realize that, product placement and marketing being what they are, my > daughter will probably always pick Beauty and the Beast over Tux but in > the long run, she will learn a lot more using Linux. If I knew anything > about game developement, I am sure I would try to write a game or two... > </rant> <co-rant> I understand and respect your sentiment. Frankly, though, I consider it one of the *stronger* points of Linux that it doesn't have pre-packaged, marketing based, commercialized games targeting the very young. If there were more children's software out there that was worth a twid, I might wish for it, but most of it's pap, so I'd gladly trade the ease of developing our own -- it's not too hard to entertain the little ones, and even better, teach them to invent their own games (never too young for CodeWar!) and learn to program, like when I was a boy! Oh, wait, now maybe I've gone too far. But not by much, really. </co-rant> -- "To misattribute a quote is unforgivable." --Anonymous