Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 17:27:01 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Don Wilde <Don@Silver-Lynx.com> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Linux markets (Was: Microsoft giving back to FreeBSD !!) Message-ID: <15166.21045.915907.930733@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <3B3DD475.B44E9882@Silver-Lynx.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106271129170.46208-100000@heorot.1nova.com> <3B3A2E2F.A74DDCC8@pitt.edu> <3B3A2ECF.6FECA0E3@Silver-Lynx.com> <20010630061123.E20203@hades.hell.gr> <3B3DD475.B44E9882@Silver-Lynx.com>
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Don Wilde <Don@Silver-Lynx.com> types: > > You mean *that* Corel? > > Somehow, I dont seem to be interested in them anymore. > That was my original point, that Linux is losing favor with commercial > vendors. Adobe certainly agreed. They made the effort to create a Linux port of Frame, put it through beta, then didn't sell it. > The reality is that the Linux/BSD/BEos/XXX market IS tiny > except for those outside the "West", and they don't pay cash. "Tiny" doesn't mean "worthless". Adobe is still developing and maintaining Frame for Solaris, HP-UX and AIX, at least on non-intel hardware. The the Windows and MacIntosh versions may be required to make the Unix version pay for itself. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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