This is the same issue as with Linux Games. Does wine hurt or help? Well, here's my take: If Linux doesn't run the software they're used to then they wont use it in the first place. Once there is a marketbase, then the NEXT generation of stuff would be written natively as they would see that it gives them more benefit.
Wishing for people to write native apps for a system with no market is like wishing Windows would die. It might happen, but it's not bloody likely. -Lea. On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 11:23, Steve Harris wrote: > I'm not sure this would be a great idea. It looks good to say we support > 90% of DX plugins (or whatever), but it might just disuade developers from > porting to native linux binaries. You can bet DX emulation would be slower > and less reliable than native Windows, giving the impression that Linux > was slow and unreliable. > > Given that many of the respected plugin developers allready release for > Windows, Macos and TDM, I dont think they would have a problem with adding > Linux to that list. Not that there is an API for them to port to, but that > is another matter... > > - Steve >