On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 10:14:50AM -0800, Brooks, Phil wrote: > > > How do I decide which desktop environment and widget set to use for > the > > Linux port of my company's application? > A follow on to that question is: > What limitations do I impose on my customers by choosing that desktop > environment and widget set?
Good point. I've added this as a follow on for the original question's article: http://developer.osdl.org/bryce/DesktopArchitects/wiki/index.php/How_do_I_decide_which_desktop_environment_and_widget_set_to_use_for_the_Linux_port_of_my_company%27s_application%3F If you (or anyone else) have some further ideas on this question, please go ahead and add them to that page (you'll need to sign up for an account - I don't want to make it too easy on the wiki spammers). > I also think that this sort of full frontal assault on the desktop is > going > to be a very difficult sell. Linux desktop should work most to enhance > the marketshare in areas that are an advantage. Those areas seem to be: > > 1) Technical workstations/renderfarms - (i.e. designers, engineers, > artists) > 2) Mass deployment (i.e. stores, schools, etc) > 3) Extreme low cost (i.e. Linspire, developing countries, etc) > > So then the most important question would become "What ISVs that > currently > aren't on Linux would be most attracted to those marketplaces?". > > For example, it will be a lot easier to convince Autocad to do a Linux > port if they thought they could get incremental revenue by competing on > the platform with Linux/Unix based CAD tools. > > It would be a lot easier to convince Adobe to do a Linux port if they > thought the could get incremental revenue from animation artists doing > work on Linux render farms. I've added these thoughts onto this page: http://developer.osdl.org/bryce/DesktopArchitects/wiki/index.php/Which_marketplaces_does_desktop_Linux_already_have_an_advantage%3F Bryce
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