Living together BUT not married: RR/MC and Linux

[Charles Hartman]

On Nov 21, 2005, at 9:21 AM, David Bovill wrote:

> Linux support is not about how many desktops you can sell  
> applications to - it is about the quality of developers you can  
> attract, and the ability to deliver intranet, and government  
> contracts (at least here in Europe) which specify support for open  
> platforms. It is also about being able to leverage the huge amount  
> of "free" code that is available on this platform and integrate it  
> into the project.
>
> Maybe only 1-2% of your typical desktop customers will be using  
> linux - but I personally would not be using Revolution without good  
> Linux support for the reasons above.
>

And the Brazilian government's policy is worth keeping in mind, and  
watching as a plausible trend.

Charles Hartman


>
> On 18 Nov 2005, at 21:17, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>
>> I don't know RunRev's position, but for myself I see Linux as a  
>> challenging beast with two heads:  one head speaks loudly and  
>> generates a lot of buzz value, but the other head tells me its  
>> desktop users are relatively few and only a small percentage of  
>> those like paying for the software they use.
>>
>> On my side, supporting Linux is a checkbox and an installer and I  
>> still don't bother.
>>
>> On RunRev's side the committment is much more extensive, and it  
>> remains to be seen how directly profitable it is.
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