Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
Maybe, but I'm unconvinced. There's a market for both, and open sourceThat attitude is also found under windows-users. A few months ago I used a OEM-windows and didn't pay for most programs. I suppose most windows-users don't pay for most of the software they should pay for. Kazaa is a good example for their attitude. I also think that the important thing is not that companies produce GNU/Linux-software but that they use and develop free software as IBM (eclipse) and Sun (Solaris and in the beginning Java) are already doing. There is also a Doom 3 version for GNU/Linux, vmware, some products from macromedia and more that works under GNU/Linux. Though those dictionaries are an important step they are not the first one.
doesn't deliver any interactive encyclopedia like the one I was
referrring to. However you missed the point: Companies are starting to
not only release their products for 'blows but also for Linux. The
commonly found attitude "I use Linux, therefore I shouldn't need to pay
anything for my software" is *not* conducive to Linux on the desktop.
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