Quakeweek
May 9, 1997


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International Red Cross to Begin Operations in Quake

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id Hires Garth Brooks for Quake 2 Soundtrack

Texas Separatist Holds Carmack Hostage

Jury: id not Responsible for Camper's Death

Marine Quake Scandal Erupts

3D Realms Licenses Plot Engine From id

id Responds to Call for Volunteerism in Education

Sujoy Roy Appointed as Prime Minister

Quake Recalled
Industrial Spy Pleads Guilty


DALLAS, TX (Casper) - A former window washer for id Software pleaded guilty today to stealing the code for the 'Quake' engine and selling it to Volkswagon earlier this year.

"I'm guilty," 32 year-old Ingbar Dim told the press after sentencing. "I deserve the sentence I received, and look forward to serving my sentence in full."

Next-generation engine?"I heard Volkswagon was looking for a new engine design, and I kept hearing about these id boys talking about the new powerful engine they were designing, so I took advantage of my position," Dim said.

"Using his role as a window washer at id Software, Mr. Dim used complex listening devices and precision cameras to steal the source code of the 'Quake' engine as it was developed by listening in on id employee conversations and photographing their computer screens through the very windows he was washing," Prosecutor Rob Chestnut said.

id LogoReaction at the id offices were mixed after the decision.

"I'm glad they sent that thieving scoundrel to jail. I hope he rots," said id co-founder John Carmack. "I just wish they had caught him earlier."

"I always wondered why he was taking pictures of us through the window," said game-designer Tim Willits. "I just thought he was another wacked-out fan."

Dim is to be sent to the federal minimum security prison in Waikiki, Hawaii later this week to serve 10 years in prison without parole.