Before OS X, Adobe would likely have sold Linux versions of FrameMaker, but they wouldn't have made any money because the development costs would have far outweighed the revenues.
With the advent of OS X, though, Adobe is finally forced to develop software in a unix-type environment. Granted, it's not Linux (and Linux doesn't/may never have OS X emulation). But it'll be far easier for Adobe to make Linux versions of their software because they'll have unix-like versions to begin with instead of having to start from scratch. The lesser development costs in conjunction with an ever- increasing market of Linux users may actually compel Adobe, and other OS X software companies, to make Linux versions. Of course, this is all wild speculation because I know very little about OS X, other than it's a *nix. But, I can't help but think that the presence of OS X will indirectly be a godsend to the Linux community if such a pattern emerges. What can I say? I'm an ignorant optomist. Miark On Sun, 24 Mar 2002 00:40:46 -0500, sda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly: > On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 09:26:58PM +0000, Chris Keelan wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Dateline: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 14:48:02 +0200: laying low until the > > bleeding stops, Robin Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> transmits: > > > > > > > I don't think Adobe (or any software house) will ever be convinced they can > > > make $ out of Linux (hardware firms have woken up to the potential, but > > > that's a qualitativey different situation). However, we will probably see > > > Linux apps which can produce Quark or FrameMaker-compatible documents soon > > > -- after all, KWord is modelled on FrameMaker, I think (possibly one reason > > > why I'm not terribly keen on it - I just can't think in terms of frames). > > > > I don't think they'll have to be convinced. They will port their apps > > to Mac OS X because that platform dominates the publishing industry-- > > well advertising and marketing, anyway. OS X is BSD. How long before > > we're running Quark in BSD or OS X emulation mode on Linux? My guess > > is "not long". > > Having it running in the Cocoa framework is a long way from having it > running in other Unices or Linux. That's one of the reasons Apple will > not support other GUI's so they can protect publishers of proprietary > software from such scenarios. It's possible but not trival to port from > proprietary cocoa api to XFree. If it runs on Darwin then you would be > correct. > > -- > -^- -^- > <?> <?> Steve > ^ > ___ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ' ` > > >
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