Yeah but the funny thing about that is MS is SO BIG, linux doesn't matter either. Why would MS take a 50% hit in profits to suppress 5% of lost sales to Linux? (I'm making up those numbers but I bet they are not too far off) So they loose a few customers...
Same thing with Altium. If YOU decide not to upgrade because Altium's s/w doesn't run Linux, so what? If we ALL decide not to upgrade, then maybe they will think seriously about Linux, but I doubt it. The reason I don't switch to Linux (I'd like to start messing around with it soon) is because the apps I want to use don't support it. It's a catch 22. The OS is so secondary to me anyway. I don't spend my time working on the OS; I spend it in the apps. I could almost care less what OS I'm using. The core requirement from the OS is that it remains stable and running. I suppose if I was a systems administrator I would complain more about the OS, but I'm not. > Funny thing about MS: they could forever prevent the spread of > Linux to the > desktop by dropping XPhome, dropping the price of XPpro to $40 (same price > for new and upgrade), publishing their file formats to Office apps, and > going back to their old licensing terms. Most boxed Linux > distros are about > $30 - $40, so there would be no cost advantage to the buyer to go > with Linux > (unless they got it for free from a friend, which is legal). Instead MS > does the exact opposite and is pissing off so many people! > > What this means for Altium is that they must either continue to > support W2K, > or start supporting Linux, for future Protel releases. That is, if they > want me to upgrade ;-) > > Best regards, > Ivan Baggett > Bagotronix Inc. > website: www.bagotronix.com ************************************************************************ * Tracking #: B93A21B60F130143BAD2C37A74DBDC78ED93E21D * ************************************************************************ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
