Hi Greg, That's very true. If we look atsay the US, UK, and Canadian markets Windows is clearly the big winner, but if we look at foreign markets Linux has had a dramatic inpact on home and industry software world wide. In what we would call the third-world markets those people can not afford top dollar prices for Microsoft Windows and they have turned to Linux to supply their software needs. Where in the USA Linux ranks third in the OS market I've heard of some foreign markets where Linux PCs out rank Windows two to one. So the people saying I'll only make 10 sales is understating the fact that Linux actually has a larger influence outside the United States, Canada, etc. Its just a matter of trying to market my products for those potential customers and non-US markets.
Not only that, but the USA economically isn't doing too good. People living on SSI have not gotten a cost of livining crease in two or three years even though the price of everything from gas, to food, to everyday household items have gone way up in price. Its possible if this continues blind American gamers won't have the financial means to hang onto their high priced Windows software, upgrade, etc. Then what? Well, they have two choices. They can stick with their old computers and hope for things to financially improve, or they can pick a cheaper low cost solution like Linux. I'm at least giving them that opertunity to pick Windows or Linux, and their product keys will work with both versions. I don't think people should have to choose one opperating system over another simply because a developer decides not to support a non-Windows OS and platform for reason x. Cheers! On 5/25/11, Greg Wocher <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Thomas, > I completely understand where you are coming from. I have recently > installed Vinux on my old Acer Aspire 1 netbook. I may here soon download > and install your version for Linux and see how it goes. I am on the Vinux > and Orca lists and I am seeing new members all the time. I could actually > see a market for your games in other countries since there seems to be quite > a bit of linux users in other countries other than the U.S. > Happy Gaming, > Greg W. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
