Re: [Desktop_architects] Applications and pre-installed machines

2006-01-18 Thread Hubert Figuiere
On 18/01/06 10:49 am, Dan Kegel wrote: We need people to go sit in the trenches with the ISVs for a while, though, I think. I'm trying to do that with small ISVs who want to sell their Windows apps unchanged on Linux using Wine. No success stories yet, but I'm working on it :-) Corel did

RE: [Desktop_architects] Applications and pre-installed machines

2006-01-18 Thread Bastian, Waldo
The list seems fine. I hesitate at the open source the linux version of my app, though; the source tree should be the same for both Windows and Linux versions, so open sourcing one means open sourcing the other. Best leave that question out. Wouldn't it be worth leaving it in in order to be

Re: [Desktop_architects] Applications and pre-installed machines

2006-01-18 Thread Dan Kegel
On 1/18/06, Hubert Figuiere [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We need people to go sit in the trenches with the ISVs for a while, though, I think. I'm trying to do that with small ISVs who want to sell their Windows apps unchanged on Linux using Wine. No success stories yet, but I'm working on it

Re: [Desktop_architects] Applications and pre-installed machines

2006-01-18 Thread Aaron J. Seigo
On Wednesday 18 January 2006 11:40, Timothy D. Witham wrote: the smarter ones. Unless it was moving people from an established desktop and then that would involve a corresponding drop in the established sales. not necessarily. people may purchase the Windows version specifically because

RE: [Desktop_architects] Applications and pre-installed machines

2006-01-18 Thread Bastian, Waldo
On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 09:57 -0800, Bastian, Waldo wrote: The one business issue that is going to be hard to overcome for the general market is the vast differences in market segment sizes. Lets use the numbers of 90% Windows 5% Mac 5% Linux

RE: [Desktop_architects] Applications and pre-installed machines

2006-01-18 Thread Timothy D. Witham
On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 11:49 -0800, Bastian, Waldo wrote: On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 09:57 -0800, Bastian, Waldo wrote: The one business issue that is going to be hard to overcome for the general market is the vast differences in market segment sizes. Lets use the numbers of