On Sat, Oct 09, 2010, Marko Vojinovic wrote: ... >I don't believe that profit is the reason why Adobe and others don't offer a >Linux version of their products. I would rather say it is incompetence to >maintain the code that is portable across OS's. And that says something about >the quality of their products and skill level of their programmers, IMNSHO. I >think Linux community is actually better off not using any of that crap >software, if possible (I wonder why flash player comes to my mind right >now...). I really came to doubt the competence of Adobe's programmers when I tried installing Photoshop Elements on a Mac, but it wouldn't even try to install because I OS X installed on a case-sensitive file system. When I see this, it leads me to believe that they can't even bother for consistency in file/directory names, much less more important things. >If their software had been designed and implemented in a way one would expect >from a high-class professional commercial company, they would certainly have >next to zero problems porting it to Linux and gaining additional market (no >matter how slightly bigger, it's bigger nevertheless, and every buck counts). >The fact they don't do it shows that they find it hard to maintain their code >for a Linux platform. And that is a consequence of bad design and/or >implementation of their software, not lack of market. See above. Bill -- INTERNET: bill at celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Skype: jwccsllc (206) 855-5792 Virtually everything is under federal control nowadays except the federal budget. -- Herman E. Talmadge, 1975