In the desktop world I'd say a successful commercial product on Linux is VMWare Workstation. There is definitely some irony there since I need VMWare Workstation on Linux so I can run all those Adobe and MS apps that don't run natively on Linux. Which might be part of the reason why Adobe hasn't ported much of their software to Linux.
-James -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Adamson Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 1:46 PM To: The Java Posse Subject: [The Java Posse] Re: H.264 explainers 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. -- 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.
