* Jaron Jones [Mon, 23 Jul 2007 at 21:38 -0600] > These comments seem rather shallow and show a lack of experience in the real > world. Clearly multi-billion dollar media companies would not invest in a > technology that wasn't robust enough to support across a variety of > platforms and browsers. Literally multiple-millions of end users everyday > are able to this software to view video content. Maybe you ought to > consider contacting customer support? As far as Linux support is concerned > the demographics and web analytics prove there is not a business case to > invest in the effort to port over to Linux at this time. Profitable > businesses focus on things that will add to the bottom line. Linux clearly > adds profitability on the back end, but does not currently support itself as > a viable option for the mainstream desktop that the average user will > purchase at their local Best Buy. Nevertheless Microsoft continues to shoot > themselves in the foot by releasing sub-par products. Their current > Winblows Vista release just might shift things over night.
The web analytics excuse is such a copout it's not even funny. If your site doesn't work with linux users, guess what, you won't have linux users. It may be somewhat of a leap of faith, as you wouldn't know just how many linux users would benifit you from your porting to them, but to say they're not there because you can't see them is bogus. Von Fugal
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