> -----Original Message----- > From: Adrocknaphobia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 8:46 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: SOT: Browser Stats (stirring the pot) > > > i would sure like to hear from someone at MM though about why no linux > versions of studio 2004 though > > Because Linux is not a viable market for PC software. > Unfortunately it doesnt come down to which is technically better, it > comes back to market share.
And testing and support. Take CFMX for example - it runs just fine on MacOS X, but MM doesn't support this. The testing and support costs are just too high for the share of the market. To deliver Studio 2004 you've got several immensely complex applications that would need to be fully regressed and tested on the new platform plus unknown support costs to train and configure a support infrastructure for a new environment. As testing costs are often the lion's share of a products budget adding a new environment would be significantly expensive. Throw in the fact that you're talking about an environment (Linux) which is, itself, non-standardized (from an interface perspective) and much more variable than OS X or Windows and those costs increase (I don't think it's ridiculous to assume that Linux testing would cost more than either Mac OS or Windows testing). Add on to that the fact that very few Linux desktop applications have been successful and the fact that a significant percentage of Linux adherents won't even consider purchased closed-source software and you've really got a no-win situation for the vendor. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - CFDynamics http://www.cfdynamics.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:186708 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
