Well, I'm not "fighting" Windows, nor Mac OSX (nor want to - I like diversity). I'm rather supporting Linux and other FOSS OSs. The cost-issue is also important. We already pay a good amount of money for hardware, and having a good-quality open OS that supports industry-standard apps (commercial or not) is a very attractive idea.
On Jan 22, 2008 11:49 PM, Hans Elgelid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While most people seem to struggle and fight in the Linux/Windows swamp, > Apple now seems like the new Windows when it comes to the next generation of > computers/tvs... for the homes. See: > http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/mwsf08<http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/mwsf08/> > > So those of you who instinctively fight Windows for the sake of "diversity > competition development" or something like that, should check and comment on > the video above. > /Hans E > > Phil Clyde wrote: > > YES....... > I do not want to HAVE to use Windows only...... > Please more Linux documentation!!!!!!! > Phil Clyde > LearnX Communications > > Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote: > > Cross-posting is not SPAM. I just wanted to have more visibility for this > post. Also, this is realted to Flex as Flex is directly related to Flash and > I'm talking about Flash tools in general being transparently available to > Linux (as well as other OSs). > > I'm not telling anyone to "migrate" to Linux or any other OS. As I stated, > I'm not against Windows, I still use it for many tasks and it has some great > software. > > I'm a Linux user, I do sympathize with FOSS philosophies, but I live in a > capitalist world and I also believe that people should earn money. I WILL > PAY for quality software. The OS I'm using should not matter. I too don't > like fanatic FOSS-proponents that say they will not pay for software - go > live in a desert island then. > > This "rant" is just to point out to Adobe (and eventually other software > companies), that being transparent in the OS they are supporting for their > products are becoming immensely important nowadays - just take a look at the > affairs of current available OSs (XP? outdated, Vista? You're joking, right? > Mac OSX? Good, maybe the best alterantive). Windows is not (and shouldn't > have been) being confused with "PC" anymore. > > Don't tell me that developing software for Linux is "harder" - Adobe has > the resources. The Flash Player works great. Linux has a standard-base and > follow open-standards. Shouldn't be so hard to decide on the right tools to > make "commercial-quality" applications for Linux. > > I'm using Ubuntu for about a year and I'm very satisifed with the > experience. I have learned a lot, it certainly gave me more power and I'm > doing things faster and more efficiently than when I was on Windows. Having > bash and not being afraid of scripts and other automation stuff can really > change your TI life for good. You feel liberated. You feel like you can do > anything, it just depends on your efforts and ideas, I think it is the main > power behind open-source projects. > > Cheers, > > Marcelo. > > On Jan 21, 2008 8:44 AM, Pete Hobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 20 Jan 2008, at 14:30, zwetan wrote: > > > > > On Jan 16, 2008 2:37 PM, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > [...] > > >> As a Flash lover and deseloper, I ask you "stop being Windows- > > >> oriented"... > > >> if you don't know Linux yet, take some time to look into it, > > >> you'll be > > >> amazed. > > >> > > > [...] > > > > > > > As we are veering off topic :) > > > > Did any one see the cringlely article last week about Apple buying > > Adobe ? :) > > > > http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2008/pulpit_20080111_003899.html > > > > Speculative, and maybe nonsense, but as ever with cringely kind of > > makes you think... > > > > I still don't think Appe buying Adobe would help with the linux > > issue, but might enforce a little less windows-orientation...? > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > osflash mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing [EMAIL > PROTECTED]://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing [EMAIL > PROTECTED]://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > >
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