On Friday, Dave Rosenberg posted and opinion article entitled, "Desktop Linux: If we build it, will they come?"
I don't want to feed the troll, but one of the responses to the article pretty clearly summarized the responses we received... ----------- Quoting: "One of the biggest desktop Linux inconveniences is the lack of support for existing proprietary applications from big vendors such as Adobe, Autodesk and Intuit" Inconvenience?! This is not an inconvenience - it is a deal-killer! I have been waiting to run a Linux desktop since I installed Red Hat 5.1 and I am no closer to my goal. I am an open-minded consulting engineer, but the lack of support from Adobe and AutoDesk absolutely makes Linux on MY desktop a non-starter. Also, there are simply not enough good desktop productivity tools out there. Many of the best-in-class Linux applications are "almost as good as their Windows counterparts." That isn't good enough, either. ------------ The feedback we have received clearly states that (1) Linux on the desktop will be a non-starter without some of the key applications that are being used on Windows (i.e. the Adobe products and Autodesk) and (2) Linux on the desktop will be a non-starter without Linux being pre-installed on PC products (i.e. a Linux Multimedia Computer). None of this is new to this group, but it reenforces were we need to be going as a desktop developers community. We are absolutely on the right track by addressed the ISV/developers issues (Portland project, developer portal, etc.). John
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