Mac is only a Unix like platform, so it should not to be very complicated to compile for linux...
Franck Chionna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Peters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Open Source Flash Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 10:05 AM Subject: Re: [osflash] Stop being Windows-oriented! > Not sure how much this has to do with OSFlash, but I'll bite. > > From a business viewpoint, does it make sense for Adobe to invest > massive amounts into porting all their apps to Linux? What percent of > people actually use Linux as their main OS? 3% maybe. It's not just a > matter of flipping a switch and squirting out a Linux version of > Flash. It's as much, if not more effort than creating a PC and Mac > version (more flavors of *nix, have to make sure it works in all of > them). > > Now, you could make the same argument about the Mac, which is > something like 9 or 10% maybe? But then you realize that probably 95% > of Mac users have multiple Adobe products installed. How many Linux > users would install a CS3 suite, an expensive, closed source software, > the antithesis of many Linux user's mindset? > > Anyway, in terms of "Adobe should start thinking about porting its > software to the *nix platform! ", they have been thinking about it and > working on it for years. I'm sure that as Linux numbers start to rise, > which they will, it will become even more viable for Adobe to look > into this, but like it or not, they are a business, and have a bottom > line to think about. They are not going to invest massive resources > into something that is going to have negligible returns. > > Keith Peters > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Jan 16, 2008, at 9:37 AM, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote: > >> We want freedom and high quality software. Flash, the platform and >> the tools (provided by Adobe and former Macromedia) are high-quality >> software. Before I start to argue on the point of this message, I >> would like to say that I have nothing against Windows. I used to be >> a happy XP user for a long time, using Flash IDE and other great >> dev. tools available to it. However, when you expand your >> intellectual horizons you want more, you inexorably pursuits freedom. >> >> Linux (and other *nix systems) used to be a myth to me. Not anymore. >> After being hooked by the Ubuntu fever, I started going deeper into >> the architecture of the POSIX systems and found out the true meaning >> of freedom and power. >> >> Linux/*nix as a desktop environment has come a long way in the last >> few years. It is currently in a state that it is truly a rival to MS >> Windows. >> >> As a Flash lover and deseloper, I ask you "stop being Windows- >> oriented"... if you don't know Linux yet, take some time to look >> into it, you'll be amazed. >> >> Flash (the development tools) should detach itself from Windows and >> start being transparent on the platforms it supports. >> >> Linux has a great potential to be the next-gen. creative platform. >> Adobe should start thinking about porting its software to the *nix >> platform! >> >> I'm currently still using XP only becouse of this (Flash IDE, >> Photoshop, etc). For everything else (even pure AS coding, which I >> use Eclipse+FDT) I use Linux. Macs are a good alternative to >> windows, but I don't sympathize with their philosophies and its way >> too expensive, maybe someday. >> >> What do you think? >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> osflash mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
