Michael Simms (software developer)
| Michael Simms | |
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| Born | May 8, 19?? |
| Residence | Nottingham, England |
| Occupation | LGP Business Adviser, Linux Game Publishing |
| Employer | Wcities (2000 - 2001) CEO Tux Games (2000 - 2012) CEO and Head of Development Linux Game Publishing (2001 - 2012) |
Michael Simms is the creator of the Tux Games website and the founder of Linux Game Publishing.
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[edit] Biography
Simms began using Linux when he was at university in 1992 and has been writing and contributing to open source software since 1993, having a strong belief that operating systems and file formats need to be open source in order to make computing competitive.[1] Between 2000 and 2001 he also worked at Wcities in London as a Lead product architect.[2]
Simms was a beta tester for Loki Software's Linux ports of Civilization: Call to Power and Descent 3,[3] and it was in response to being unable to order versions of Loki's titles from any British reseller that spurred him to create Tux Games, one of the first online Linux game stores.[4] The website went live ten seconds after midnight on January 1, 2000, selling its first title on January 3.[5] In response to Loki's demise and the effect it would have on Tux Games, Simms invested £350,000 into a company porting Windows game titles to Linux. Linux Game Publishing was founded on October 15, 2001 to port and publish new games for Linux. Simms remained the CEO, as well as the Head of Development for over a decade.[4] He likes to play Majesty and others strategy games.[6]
On January 31, 2012, Simms announced that he was stepping down as CEO and handing over control to Clive Crous.[7]
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[edit] See also
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- ^ Linux Game Publishing Blog, A closed source company’s CEO’s view on open source
- ^ linkedin, Michael Simms’s Experience
- ^ MobyGames, Descent 3 - Linux beta testers
- ^ a b TechRadar, Bringing Windows games to Linux
- ^ Linux Game Publishing Blog, LGP History pt 1: How LGP came to be
- ^ Linux Game Publishing: An Interview With Michael Simms. Linux Gazette
- ^ Linux Game Publishing...the return? Gaming on Linux, January 31, 2012 (Article by Liam Dawe)
[edit] External links
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Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Michael Simms |
- Tux Games, The Online Store for Linux Games
- Linux Game Publishing official site
- 2006 Interview with Michael Simms (LinuxEXPRES)
- 2009 Interview with Michael Simms (hardware.no)
- 2009 Interview with Michael Simms (techradar.com)
- 2003 Interview with Michael Simms (Mstation.org)
- Michael Simms at LinuxGames (lost interview)
- Michael Simms at LinuxGamers
- Michael Simms at MobyGames
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