A ton doesn't even register a blip on the revenue stream of a big company. You need many many tons of developers wanting a linux studio for MM to even consider it. Anyway, I find that the programmers developing on a *NIX platform are more technically savvy than their windows counterparts and can get by with one of the many editors already available.
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, jon wrote: > You know -- there is stuff for Linux that costs money... (just wanted to > dispell a common myth) > > I've been experimenting with Quanta for a development platform -- I think > it's part of the KDE family of projects. And while you're right, there > aren't a lot of office drones using Linux as their day to day OS, there > are a ton of us developing on the platform... > > -- jon > > > ------ > jon roig > epilepsyfoundation.org > > On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Dave Watts wrote: > > > > As much as it pains me (most of you know which OS I use) at > > > this time there are no plans to develop a studio for linux. > > > > > > The reasons are legion, and I pester people about it regularly. > > > That's why I've tried to get you, the developers to show that > > > there is a demand for a Linux version by helping develop a more > > > robust system for say, Jedit, or another like-editor. > > > > > > I'd love to be able to say that yes, studio for linux is a > > > "fo'sho" thing, but it's not. > > > > > > On the other hand, ColdFusion on Linux rocks! =] /bias > > > > As much as it pains me to respond the way I'm doing now, I'm kind of glad > > there won't be a Linux version of Studio any time soon. > > > > Unfortunately, there's no such thing as a free lunch. Porting Studio to > > Linux would cost MM time and money, which they probably don't have. There's > > no way in hell they'd be able to recoup their development costs - there > > simply aren't enough people using Linux as their desktop. I know that you'd > > be all over it yourself, but I don't think the development costs would be > > covered by your use - especially since you'd get it for free, working for MM > > and all. So, MM would have to spread those costs across Studio purchases in > > general, I think. > > > > Second, I suspect that Studio will be changing dramatically in the next > > release, and if this is true, I'll be happy for a stable Windows version. > > > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > voice: (202) 797-5496 > > fax: (202) 797-5444 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
