On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, Sean Doull-Connolly wrote:
> Just a thought....some of us (eg me!) are
> using Linux so that we can eliminate
> Microsoft hassles (eg poor software,
> poor value, high cost, etc) from our lives.
>
> Although I admit it would be nice if
> great software like DIA was widely used
> by WIN32 users, it would be nicer if
> more people realized that it's easy to
> use Linux ... and cheaper ... and more
> reliable .... and ....
>
WIN32 is unsuitable for *me*, but I feel that the freedom to use the
software one wants to is an important freedom, and ports go a long way
to support that freedom.
The only counter-argument to ports I can see is that developers have a
finite amount of time, and some software can be ridiculously to port to
some OSes. (WIN32 is (rightly) infamous for this, but appearently the
dia win32 port wasn't too hard.)
(Not a dia developer, but I couldn't keep my mouth shut.)
