> 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.
I was going to comment that words like "a ton" can sometimes be relative. Take a small business that generates 75% of their revenue from a website (theoretically)... they'd say a ton of their business comes from their website, even though they might average 150 hits a day! .. or did I just jump into that "wild tangent mode" again? Hatton > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 10:56 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Studio alternative for Linux? > > ... > 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
