In the real world, developers write software for the OS that people actually
use.
If you look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems
You will see that Windows has a share of 86%, MacOS 7.25%, Apple IOS 2.8%, with
Linux, Symbian, Blackberry etc. sharing the remaining 4%. So, despite the
elitist attitude you display, that "market space" just is not very interesting
unless you are a hobbyist or a charity.
As for "great free software", I have tried Open Office as an alternative to MS
Office and while its performance was acceptable (not great, acceptable), I am
one of those people who lives in the real world and has to share relatively
complex documents, spreadsheets and presentations with people who use Microsoft
Office. Therefore, compatibility is key, and OO just does not deliver it. It
may be 98% compatible, but I need 100%. Fortunately, thanks to my employer's
Microsoft's Home Use Program I can buy the full MS Office suite for €12.50 for
use on my computers at home, both Windows and Apple. And Apple's verions of
those programs (which are 100% compatible), Numbers, Keynote and Pages, are now
available from the App Store at very reasonable prices, something like €15.
Life is good. Linux is a solution looking for a problem, at least as far as the
desktop is concerned.
Cheers,
Nathan
Nathan Wajsman
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On Jul 25, 2011, at 1:01 AM, David Thatcher wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 06:53:26PM +0200, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> Will Lightroom or Microsoft Office run under those great free OSs? And
>> I mean really run, not in some kludge kind of way.
>
> This is my yardstick measure of a how serious a software vendor is. if
> there isn't a linux or unix port of the package, then they are just not
> a serious contender in that market space. They may very well be
> successful $-wise, but they are just not worthy of serious consideration
> (whether I'm buying or recommending to clients). The fact that these
> people have ported a 'doze app to (or nativley written for) osX, means
> that they CAN do this very easily - but have made the decision not to,
> making them contemptible as well. :)
>
> Fortunately, in most cases someone has written something better under
> one of those great free OSs - and those are usually free, too.
>
> davidt
>
>
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