Why do conversations about Linux always devolve into an MS-bashing thread, often based on unfounded assumptions?
Take it off-list. 2009/5/1 Kelly <dek...@gmail.com>: > > > > Microsoft deep scans your hard drives and transmits home. > > This is admitted in their patents. > > This is data mining on a level Orwell could never have imagined. > > > > So it is less of an emotional issue and more of a security issue. > > > Why large corporations are willing to accept this is a mystery to me. > > > They are usually very concerned with corporate security. > > > > This is even more mysterious when talking about companies that compete > directly with Microsoft. > > Like Adobe. > > Does Adobe not see using XP/Vista inside of their corporate network as a > security threat? > > Why not? > > > > > > > > > > > daxdr9 wrote: > > This is hardly a surprise given the current economic conditions, assuming > the ROI isn't there for the FB Linux product at this time. Does anyone > really not own at least one Windows-based PC or Apple computer? (I'm sure > there are people who only run Linux--a very small percentage, though) > > If your willing to drop Flex because they don't sell an IDE for Linux, > you're basing a technical decision on emotion. > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Matt Chotin <mcho...@...> wrote: >> >> I'm going to continue to stay out of the fray, but just to be clear, that >> conversation is about Flex Builder, not the SDK. We will always support >> developers on Linux, it's a question of what we tools beyond the SDK we >> provide. >> >> We'll be looking to share more information on our plans in a few weeks. >> >> Matt >> >> >> On 4/30/09 4:44 PM, "Guy Morton" <g...@...> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Wouldn't you still be able to build your own IDE using the free SDK? As I >> understand it a lot of people do this now to avoid having to buy FB, and I >> imagine Linux users would be relatively common within that group. >> >> If sales for a linux version of FB are too low to justify the ongoing cost >> of development, you can hardly blame Adobe for that. Their support for *nix >> is better than most. >> >> Guy >> >> >> On 01/05/2009, at 9:35 AM, john fisher wrote: >> >> >> >> >> If Adobe drops Linux support for Flex, then I will probably drop Flex. >> >> I won't maintain a Windows or Mac box at home, and my company really >> doesn't want to invest in any more Windows apps. I don't want to invest >> myself in technology I can't run independently of whoever I happen to be >> working for today. Seeing the fickleness of the corporate owners of >> development tools is what sent us to Linux and open source tools in the >> first place. We can't bet our products on some whim of Adobe. My current >> all-Linux proof-of-concept project will be blown out of the water, and >> I'll have to get up to speed on Java. >> >> -grieving already >> >> John >> >> and at a time when Linux is gnawing away at laptop market from below and >> the desktop market is dying... >> > > > > >
