On Fri, 2010-10-08 at 19:21 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
On 10/8/10 5:55 PM, Warren Young wrote:
On 10/8/2010 4:40 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
On 10/8/2010 5:25 PM, Warren Young wrote:
I think the explanation is different: they tried for a few years to drum up support for FB on Linux, too few customers showed up, so they decided to refocus on the two platforms that do make them money.
Probably everyone using this tool will have Windows and Macs to test their output anyway. If you have that, why work on a platform where you have to fight against the kernel to get a working video driver and against the distribution to get a working java?
I'm sorry your software stinks so bad; but I have no issues with video drivers and Java on LINUX is ubiquitous.
Y'all may recall a different example: Word Perfect was also once offered on Linux for about a year, then pulled. OpenOffice wasn't even around at the time, so you can't blame competition. Corel had a near open field to play in, and still couldn't make a buck.
Did you ever try that product?
Yes, I used it for years. It certainly wasn't awesome, but it was very serviceable.
Even free it wouldn't have been a win against Word on Windows - which was getting bundled on most new PCs at the time anyway.