But with Linux so popular, and its users truly willing to pay for stuff, what commercial product has ever been a major success on the platform? Are there games with Linux versions that have done well? Productivity apps? Heck, if Adobe is such a friend of Linux, and the platform is so popular with web developers, why isn't CS5 available in a Linux version?
Occam's Razor says that poor business prospects on the platform, not an active conspiracy, is why you don't see Linux clients for DRM- constrained products like Netflix movies, Kindle books, etc. -Chris On May 17, 3:36 pm, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm going to say one more really mean thing that will piss everyone > > off: when you have a community that has repeatedly made it clear that > > it is not willing to pay for stuff, and whose intellectual leadership > > rails against the concept of intellectual property itself, it probably > > cuts into the business prospects of trying to sell media to this > > audience. > > Once again you're painting with very broad strokes here. The Linux > culture is quite a bit more diverse than the high-priest mono-culture > you are suggesting. I count myself lucky to be living in a country > where media standards are not dictated simply by the de-factory > proprietary format, and I have no issue whatsoever paying for > software. There are more moderate views than those pushed by Richard > Stallman i.e. try to see what Novell and Miguel de Icaza are doing. > Linux dominates servers, is about to dominate the smartphone marked... > I think it's a grave mistake to disregard desktop Linux on those > merits. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
