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I'm Leaving Mojang

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Re: I'm Leaving Mojang

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Post by peterhost »

billiam wrote: post #237
krelian wrote: post #29

This whole Minecraft thing has been very interesting to follow. I tried the game a few times and it's not really for me but everything around Notch's story is interesting (I bet their going to make a movie about this at some point). Not everyone can be an entrepreneur and I feel that in this case (on a different scale of course), we basically watched a plausible version of how Apple could have gotten started if there…

"we basically watched a plausible version of how Apple could have gotten started if there was only a Wozniak but no Jobs." Nailed it. For my kids sake, I hope they take a little while before they turn Minecraft into a FPS on Xboxlive.

Yes.

Its such a lame end for "the story of Mojang". Let's see how long it takes for the word "mojang" to be forgotten. Lego is still called Lego, and Pixar still hasn't yielded its name to Disney (they sortof managed to coexist) to take just two examples.

The sad thing about Mojang is people are inspired by "vision". Money ? sure, we all want to earn as much as we can... But when did money give anybody any inspiration.

Re: I'm Leaving Mojang

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Post by kazagistar »

opendais wrote: post #263
TruthSHIFT wrote: post #253

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would Minecraft be in better hands if Notch open-sourced it instead of selling it to Microsoft?

Maybe but is it really a fair question? Notch wasn't the only owner. In fact, he owns less than 50% and they have 40+ employees. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojang Open sourcing it would likely screw his co-founders, employees with stock options, etc. compared to the size of this deal. Tbh, I'd be happier if he donated 10% of his earnings from this sale to Open Source projects and feeding people. Rather than, y'know…

Dunno, he would have to be a strong man to donate that much to open source after all the hate vomited his way about it.

I somehow suspect he might give money to something else in the end.

Re: I'm Leaving Mojang

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Post by kazagistar »

paulhauggis wrote: post #186
snlacks wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's unfortunate that all our greed and crazy fandom keep scaring the great minds away from continuing to push us all forward.

I think it's less the greed and crazy fandom and more a new generation of people that feel they are entitled to everything and anything they want and if they don't get it, start an online witch hunt. There are numerous examples of this in the past 6 months and in Notch's case, it happened with EULA and 3rd party server support. A community that supports this sort of behavior wouldn't have my support either. I don't b…

No, its just that a really small minority has the chance to be absurdly vocal on the internet.

Re: I'm Leaving Mojang

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Post by AnonJ »

I think what people dislike about this statement is how downbeat and escapist he sounds.

> If I ever accidentally make something that seems to gain traction, I’ll probably abandon it immediately.

Frankly I can't think of anybody who would be glad to hear such a almost childish and impetus irresponsible statement. Not to mention from the mouth of somebody who created so many wonderful things altogether.

Re: I'm Leaving Mojang

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Post by AnonJ »

scottjad wrote: post #86

The other day there was a post about some Doom map viewer Notch had written in Dart. One of the top comments said something along the lines of "This is why we all need to be rich, so we can work on stuff like this." I thought the comment was so sad because honestly, almost no one is going to benefit from a mostly broken Doom map viewer in Dart that's abandoned after a few days. Same with the numerous games he's start…

Ayn Rand? What good does that kind of stuff do at all anyways? If you want some libertarian ideas, fine, there are countless philosophers out there for you to cite, even Robert Nozick. But Ayn Rand? That's just disgusting beyond belief, seriously.

Re: I'm Leaving Mojang

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Post by AnonJ »

krelian wrote: post #29

This whole Minecraft thing has been very interesting to follow. I tried the game a few times and it's not really for me but everything around Notch's story is interesting (I bet their going to make a movie about this at some point). Not everyone can be an entrepreneur and I feel that in this case (on a different scale of course), we basically watched a plausible version of how Apple could have gotten started if there…

Such a reaction is borderline ridiculous and coward. Others like Wozniack are mature and strong enough and are definitely able to sustain a business well. Several levels apart!
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