>> > 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).
I think we are actually reaching a tipping point against Windows dominance, unless MS moves mountains very quickly, like this year (and they could). Vista has got a lot of bad press against it and little reason for it. MS hasn't fixed its issues in a year or so (still waiting for SP1). The reasons _for_ Windows have dwindled: Firefox is better than IE, OpenOffice is good enough (better than MS Office for some), web apps are becoming seriously useful. Many people live in their browsers and don't know or care about the OS anymore... Meanwhile MacOS X has become the most desirable desktop for most people, the iPod has given millions an appetite for Apple design. Ubuntu has humanized desktop Linux, made it dead simple to install, and brought the stability and wonderful package management of Debian to the masses. It is now better for cross platform developers than Windows. Personally, as a long time Windows (now Ruby/Rails/Flex) developer, I don't know whether Win XP, Ubuntu or MacOS are best for me - I'd like to be on MacOS X and am buying my first Mac - but I sure don't want Vista (and I could have got it for free with my current machine). Gary p.s. hi all, this is my first post. _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
