Michael Simms
| Michael Simms | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 May 1973 Leicester, 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.
Biography[edit]
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 1 January 2000, selling its first title on 3 January.[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 15 October 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 other strategy games. [6]
On 31 January 2012 Simms announced that he was stepping down as CEO and handing over control to Clive Crous.[7]
Games credited[edit]
Open source projects[edit]
| Date of Release | Title | Company | Credited for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2006 | Grapple (network layer) | Linux Game Publishing | Programming |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ A closed source company’s CEO’s view on open source Archived 2012-04-22 at the Wayback Machine Linux Game Publishing Blog, June 29, 2009 (Article by Michael Simms)
- ↑ Michael Simms’s Experience Archived 2012-07-15 at Archive.today LinkedIn
- ↑ MobyGames, Descent 3 - Linux beta testers
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bringing Windows games to Linux TechRadar, 10 August 2009 (Interview by Graham Morrison)
- ↑ LGP History pt 2: The Early Days Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine Linux Game Publishing Blog, June 23, 2009 (Article by Michael Simms)
- ↑ Linux Game Publishing: Interview with Michael Simms Linux Gazette, March 6, 2005
- ↑ Linux Game Publishing...the return?[permanent dead link] GamingOnLinux, January 31, 2012 (Article by Liam Dawe)
External links[edit]
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Wikiquote has quotations related to: Michael Simms |
- 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[permanent dead link]
- Michael Simms at MobyGames
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