Am Donnerstag, 08.09.05 um 16:53 Uhr schrieb Jeremy Bettis:
The huge benefit of writing software for windows is that there are
millions of potential customers for you to sell/give your software to.
The huge benefit of running windows is that there are millions of
"friends" who offer you to share their stolen software.
Sorry, I simply could not resist here. It might sound odd but I heart
of many developers who were surprised on how much they actually could
sell to Mac users despite the minor market share OS X has. I think it
is a well pampered urban legend that the "huge Windows-market" makes
you earning big profits. Never forget that the biggest piece of cake
attracts the most hungry birds (e.g. competitors) and that the "warez"
subculture flourishes there.
regards, Lars
p.s.: I have no objections against you as a windows developer, I merely
just don't share the common views on that market. Nevertheless I think
a stable Windows Version of GNUstep is very important - but this is
another story than above: GNUstep is free software, so no profit
problems here.
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