On 1/17/06, Bryce Harrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So this reinforces the strategies we came up with at the DAM:  Make it
> easy for "little" 3rd party developers to take advantage of the Linux
> niche.  The Linux marketshare may be too small for the big players, but
> it may be very enticing to isv's that have been squeezed out of
> Windows.  For them, Linux may prove to be large enough and worth the
> investment as it continues to grow.  Thus our approach at trying to make
> it easier for ISVs to port through docs, standards, etc. is a good
> approach.
>
> Maybe the right question to ask is not what's hindering Autodesk,
> etc. but rather what other companies are struggling in their markets and
> are desperate for any marketshare at all, and then ask what *they* need
> in order to port to Linux?

Indeed.  Developers, developers, developers, developers!  Let's
find out what the little developers need, and give it to them!
The big ones will follow.
- Dan
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Wine for Windows ISVs: http://kegel.com/wine/isv

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