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Re:Donkey – A computer game included with early versions of ... by coldtea on Monday July 18, 2016 @04:28AM (#12113833)
>Andy Hertzfeld sounds like a sore loser.

A proven winner, with significant contributions to the field would be more accurate.

>Why should anyone care what he thinks about games?

It's not what he thinks about games in general, it's what he think about a particular historical artifact that happens to be a game. And people care about his opinion on those times (the website linked is quite popular) because he was an important contributor to that era of computing and the early PC industry.

>Macs suck for games and they always have.

Only for people whose appreciation for games is restricted to the latest, full-blast on the GPU, AAA titles.

>Every piece of software he's written has been a second rate failure.

And it's HE who sounds like a "sore loser"? Oh, the irony.

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Re:Donkey – A computer game included with early versions of ... by busyant on Monday July 18, 2016 @07:53AM (#12114518)
There's something unseemly about ripping on other people.

I know it's bill gates, but Hertzfeld comes across as the kind of guy who enjoys making people feel small.

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Re:Donkey – A computer game included with early versions of ... by versteegen on Monday July 18, 2016 @08:30AM (#12114645)
Seriously? I've ready almost every story on folklore.org, and this is the only instance I can remember where he puts anyone down -- it sticks out in my memory for that very reason.
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Re:Donkey – A computer game included with early versions of ... by busyant on Monday July 18, 2016 @11:19AM (#12115565)
I'm simply basing my statement on my reading of that one story. I haven't read anything else on that site and I don't know the person at all.

I think the original poster was simply responding to the "vibe" of that essay.

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Re:Donkey – A computer game included with early versions of ... by chris_va on Monday July 18, 2016 @10:30AM (#12115222)
I worked with Andy for a while. He is one of the nicest people I know, and couldn't hurt a fly.
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Re:Donkey – A computer game included with early versions of ... by Nullabillity on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @07:27PM (#12125725)
> Only for people whose appreciation for games is restricted to the latest, full-blast on the GPU, AAA titles.

The one common complaint for all game developers seems to be about Apple's nightmare-inducing OpenGL implementation.

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