Re: [Desktop_architects] The reason Adobe does not want to port Photoshop?

2006-10-14 Thread Tim Beaulen
On 10/14/06, Mike Hearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why can some companies do this and Adobe not?Adobe *could* do it, but they don't want to because it's extremely unpleasant and annoying.   I don't want to do the unpleasant things in my job either but they have to be done. How did they start on

Re: [Desktop_architects] The reason Adobe does not want to port Photoshop?

2006-10-14 Thread Tim Beaulen
On 10/13/06, Paul Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: what so many linux users + developers seem to forget is that there aresets of products that do *NOT* want to be distributed by distributions. how would a commercial product ever be a part of the multiplicity oflinux package management systems? its

Re: [Desktop_architects] The reason Adobe does not want to port Photoshop?

2006-10-13 Thread Tim Beaulen
On 10/13/06, Segedunum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I mean, even if Adobe do create a > Linux desktop port, how does Adobe package it up and how on Earth is anyone > going to install it? Anybody think of things like that? Why can some companies do this and Adobe not? What do they need? An "install

Re: [Desktop_architects] The reason Adobe does not want to port Photoshop?

2006-10-11 Thread Tim Beaulen
On 10/12/06, Jeremy White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: But my summary was this:  It takes a lot of hard work to create a Desktop product for Linux   It doesn't and it has been proven a dozen of times. Of course, if you expect the full blown professional version of Photoshop to be ported in under a