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[razenWing]

Just re-watched the MW 5 trailer. The software is apparently written by a "Lang Software Division"

And it has been copyrighted for almost 500 years...

Talk about a long living company.

(No Microsoft Inside?)

[Alistair Winter]

Do you realize we're floating in space?

Spoiler

[Bud Crue]

Must be a subsidiary of Disney.

[Snowbluff]

razenWing, on 17 March 2017 - 05:00 AM, said:

Just re-watched the MW 5 trailer. The software is apparently written by a "Lang Software Division"

And it has been copyrighted for almost 500 years...

Talk about a long living company.

(No Microsoft Inside?)

Given the history of Battletech, that software could have been written centuries ago.

[Bud Crue]

Snowbluff, on 17 March 2017 - 05:03 AM, said:

Given the history of Battletech, that software could have been written centuries ago.

Given the history of PGI, it probably was.

[razenWing]

Snowbluff, on 17 March 2017 - 05:03 AM, said:

Given the history of Battletech, that software could have been written centuries ago.

Perhaps. But it's kept up to date though. So I am a software company and my company goes under. I am not going to update the date of my copyright to the latest year

(you see a lot of old games is like... 2000 to 2004, the year of the software release. they don't get auto-update to show "2000 to 2016")

The Lang Software is up to date (assuming we are fighting in 3015) with the correct year. Must have been an impressive software. I wonder how many patches did it receive during 500 years?

[brroleg]

razenWing, on 17 March 2017 - 05:00 AM, said:

Just re-watched the MW 5 trailer. The software is apparently written by a "Lang Software Division"

And it has been copyrighted for almost 500 years...

Talk about a long living company.

(No Microsoft Inside?)

Yeah, copyright system is stupid. World will become a better place once this "copyright" nonsense would go away.

Copyright system was introduced in times when smartest and educatedest people actually believed that perpetual motion machine is possible. Its all you need to know about how smart is this system.

Edited by brroleg, 17 March 2017 - 05:27 AM.

[Snowbluff]

razenWing, on 17 March 2017 - 05:07 AM, said:

Perhaps. But it's kept up to date though. So I am a software company and my company goes under. I am not going to update the date of my copyright to the latest year

(you see a lot of old games is like... 2000 to 2004, the year of the software release. they don't get auto-update to show "2000 to 2016")

The Lang Software is up to date (assuming we are fighting in 3015) with the correct year. Must have been an impressive software. I wonder how many patches did it receive during 500 years?

Could be a skin for an older software anyway. Like unix. Lang would be a company that puts out the new patches for old mechs to help keep them in service.

[MW Waldorf Statler]

500 Years is a Good Time to complete MW5 for PGI ...all 50 Years a Map=after 500 Years = 20! Maps for MW5 start

[CDLord HHGD]

brroleg, on 17 March 2017 - 05:12 AM, said:

"educatedest"

Perhaps it hasn't yet outlived it's usefulness.....

[razenWing]

My other thing is... there is no way a "Lang" enterprise or some sort is canon or lore.

So this must be an inside joke or a PGI employee.

Maybe the lead programmer? Can't be a tribute to Sean Lang, right?

[Bud Crue]

brroleg, on 17 March 2017 - 05:12 AM, said:

Yeah, copyright system is stupid. World will become a better place once this "copyright" nonsense would go away.

Copyright system was introduced in times when smartest and educatedest people actually believed that perpetual motion machine is possible. Its all you need to know about how smart is this system.

?

Wait, what does when an idea or concept was first introduced have to to with...
...never mind. I stopped caring mid sentence. Carry on

[Jables McBarty]

razenWing, on 17 March 2017 - 05:07 AM, said:

I wonder how many patches did it receive during 500 years?

Considering the technological acumen of the Successor States, I'd hope minimal.

[CMDR Sunset Shimmer]

razenWing, on 17 March 2017 - 06:53 AM, said:

My other thing is... there is no way a "Lang" enterprise or some sort is canon or lore.

So this must be an inside joke or a PGI employee.

Maybe the lead programmer? Can't be a tribute to Sean Lang, right?

Probably is a tribute to Sean Lang, given NGNG is so supportive of PGI.

[Ghogiel]

CMDR Sunset Shimmer, on 17 March 2017 - 09:39 AM, said:

Probably is a tribute to Sean Lang, given NGNG is so supportive of PGI.

http://www.sarna.net...es_Incorporated

[Felicitatem Parco]

razenWing, on 17 March 2017 - 05:00 AM, said:

Just re-watched the MW 5 trailer. The software is apparently written by a "Lang Software Division"

And it has been copyrighted for almost 500 years...

Talk about a long living company.

(No Microsoft Inside?)

That Mech is hundreds of years old according to the trailer narration...

razenWing, on 17 March 2017 - 06:53 AM, said:

My other thing is... there is no way a "Lang" enterprise or some sort is canon or lore.

So this must be an inside joke or a PGI employee.

Maybe the lead programmer? Can't be a tribute to Sean Lang, right?

Ghogiel, on 17 March 2017 - 09:42 AM, said:

http://www.sarna.net...es_Incorporated

Oh snap

[LordMelvin]

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- Fixed an issue where PPC capacitors would overcharge in rare cases, causing catastrophic internal damage

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- Fixed issue causing electrical feedback through neural helmet interfaces.

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[Snowbluff]

Ghogiel, on 17 March 2017 - 09:42 AM, said:

http://www.sarna.net...es_Incorporated

... is Sean the ancestor to the guys who make the Shadowhawk. o.o

Even if the code is old, 500+ years of customer support is amazing, especially for such an outdated model. That's dedication.

Edited by Snowbluff, 17 March 2017 - 10:04 AM.

[razenWing]

Snowbluff, on 17 March 2017 - 10:03 AM, said:

... is Sean the ancestor to the guys who make the Shadowhawk. o.o

Even if the code is old, 500+ years of customer support is amazing, especially for such an outdated model. That's dedication.

Right? Is Microsoft still supporting Window 95?

[LordNothing]

100% of all software in the inner sphere is pirated. that was the only channel you could get software from that wasnt ravaged and eventually annihilated by centuries of war.

Snowbluff, on 17 March 2017 - 05:03 AM, said:

Given the history of Battletech, that software could have been written centuries ago.

i still prefer phoenix bios over this uefi garbage we have nowadays.

Edited by LordNothing, 17 March 2017 - 10:50 AM.