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Valve Software Linux Server Boycott Petition
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Valve Software Linux Server Boycott

Target: Valve Software
Sponsor: Marcus Weiblen, #1 Fan Software
  • Signatures: 651
  • Goal: 98,672
  • Deadline: 9-24-2004
We don't get native Linux clients, Valve doesn't get servers.

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Number Date Name Country Do you want Valve Software to make Linux native clients of their games? Do you run a Linux server for one of Valve's games? Would you willingly halt the server service if you do?
654 2:26 pm PDT, Apr 24 sabri ali United Arab Emirates yes yes maybe
653 12:09 am PDT, Apr 19 Anonymous Belgium yes, linux is better than windows no yes
652 10:15 am PDT, Apr 12 Vegan Genesis United States Minor Outlying Islands . . .
651 11:04 am PDT, Mar 20 Cristi S Canada Hell yeah No Yes
650 8:31 am PDT, Mar 20 Alex G Canada Yes, of course! No Yes... it's not worth it... Valve starts tu suck really bad
649 6:49 pm PDT, Mar 15 Austin Ramsay United States Yeah! Linux owns Windows! Get games out for Linux!!!    
648 11:24 pm PST, Feb 28 Anonymous Poland YES, F, of course!! not at the moment if I had, I would stop
647 2:47 am PST, Feb 28 paul bear Australia yes yes yes
646 1:17 am PST, Feb 14 David Kubečka Czech Republic yes no  
645 9:25 am PST, Dec 14 Pavel Doe United States Hell yes, what's the f-ing hold up? Not at the present. If I hosted a gaming server I surely would stop hosting as a means of protesting...
644 5:46 pm PST, Nov 25 Chris Montgomery Canada Yes i want linux clients, no clients no servers. Not anymore. Shut down all Valve game servers. Now they are running mostly FOSS game servers. And many Quake Wars Servers now. All ready done it. No valve software left on any of our 15 Servers.
643 8:05 am PDT, Oct 11 JAMES DISMUKE United States yes for all that is good yes ! ! ! not since they banned me for post asking for info on running a new server on ubuntu i have took off line 4 servers hl2dm , sf and 2 dod.s
642 7:46 am PDT, Aug 14 leandro chescotta Argentina obviously, a serious company like id siftware makes games for windows and linux, a compańy who cares about gamers must do that no yes
641 8:01 pm PDT, Jul 31 Maneesh Pangasa United States If they are good games and Valve provides proper Linux support. I support the other signers of this petition. No. NA
640 1:36 am PDT, Jun 30 Tom Lilley United Kingdom Hell Yes Not anymore Yes, games manufactures should recognize gamers that use GNU/linux.
639 10:40 am PDT, Jun 27 Anonymous United States yes    
638 5:38 am PDT, May 31 Demitriy Weissman Israel yes no  
637 10:24 pm PDT, May 29 Anonymous United States Yes. Actually, I would accept any form of official support (like patching wine to help it run better). No. I would if I did
636 4:21 am PDT, May 17 Anonymous Lithuania Yes. Used to.  
635 8:10 am PST, Feb 26 Samuel Chaboya United States Yes, please give me a reason to get rid of windows. no  
634 8:45 am PST, Feb 11 Alex Tsanoff United States YES    
633 9:29 am PST, Jan 13 Calin M Romania YES YES. 3 CS servers  
632 11:30 pm PST, Jan 9 Aaron Bxxxxxx Australia i would think it would be very much in valves interest to port the whole game and not just the minimum required for a server. yes. already done.
631 5:58 pm PST, Dec 26 Esteban Cuevas Chile Yes i want. No. N/A
630 1:35 pm PST, Dec 11 Drew S United States YES!!!!!!!!!    
629 2:50 am PST, Nov 30 SNoopNet .org Germany yes 8 CSS-Servers and other Already done
628 3:35 am PST, Nov 22 ralph klier Germany yes yes  
627 11:01 am PST, Nov 21 Guennesack hghh Germany yes    
626 5:01 pm PST, Nov 6 Hernan Gonzalez Argentina YES NO yes. of course
625 3:16 am PDT, Oct 8 jerome slayer France yes, absolutely (without steam!) no ! yes but I don't play games for windows
624 11:51 pm PDT, Sep 29 kevin taylor United States yes, why not. they could make a lot of people happy and a lot more money i have, but why would i n/a
623 7:50 am PDT, Sep 26 Chris Oakley United Kingdom Yes, come on, it can't be that hard! no but I have done  
621 3:09 am PDT, Sep 19 warwick robertson Australia YES NO N/A
620 2:08 am PDT, Sep 10 Benjamin Cooper Germany If they want to keep me as a paying costumer they are to do so. at LAN Parties, but their Linux Server is extremly buggy at least I think so. Of course there are enough tutorials to run a server local without this delivery program.
619 5:07 am PDT, Sep 1 Anonymous Iran, Islamic Republic Of I demand it!    
618 1:13 pm PDT, Aug 18 Anonymous United Kingdom Hell yeah! Used to. May run one again in the future. It's all very well to take, but if they are not gonna give.. then they shouldnt expect anything from us.  
617 10:15 pm PDT, Aug 17 Anonymous United States YES! Id does it why not you? Not until I get a client!  
616 2:40 pm PDT, Aug 9 Don Pierce United States yes yes yes
615 12:08 pm PDT, Jul 22 Anonymous Canada yes! yes! of course!
614 3:29 pm PDT, Jul 16 Jeff Davis United States Yes, the linux desktop following has grown and more people are going to linux day by day. This would be a profitable move for Value with the correct marketing.    
613 7:04 am PDT, Jun 22 Leroy Ketelaars Netherlands Hell yeah, crossplatform code is good, and portability can defenetly increase game sales as you can release over different platforms easier. No, i want a macintosh one tho! Yes
612 3:57 am PDT, Jun 6 P Dorman United Kingdom Yes, it's an ever increasing market and tbh a lot of the time uptake is simply held back by lack of availability.    
611 6:23 pm PDT, May 31 tim felkner United States yes    
610 1:28 am PDT, May 23 Said Babayev Azerbaijan Yes, sure! Sometimes Yes
609 8:51 pm PDT, May 21 anonymous10 anonymous110 Kuwait jkf    
608 2:53 am PDT, May 17 Andrew Fox Australia Yes of course Yes, many Yes I will
607 1:28 am PDT, May 15 Steve Klein Canada .    
606 8:49 am PDT, May 8 Sjors Gielen Netherlands Ofcourse, absolutely! Yes, sometimes Yes
605 9:09 am PDT, May 1 stephanie lessard United States yes no yes
604 5:59 am PDT, Apr 17 Goten Xiao United Kingdom Yes. Linux already allows limited running of the client through Wine, but an official client would be far more efficient. Not a permanent dedicated, but yes. Yes.
603 3:57 pm PDT, Apr 15 Anonymous Panama Yes I do    
602 4:52 pm PST, Mar 9 Anonymous United States Outsourcing is not necessary. No. ...

Valve Software Linux Server Boycott

When you sign this petition, you agree to possibly boycott Valve Software by refusing to run a Linux dedicated server unless they give us Linux native clients of their software. Long live Linux Gaming!

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