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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: QT for Windows released under GPL
From:       Jason Keirstead <jason () keirstead ! org>
Date:       2005-02-08 0:30:00
Message-ID: 200502072030.00755.jason () keirstead ! org
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On Monday 07 February 2005 7:59 pm, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> exactly. but you have to complete the circle of logic to see the potential
> for bad things to occur.
>
> if 95%+ stay on windows because the apps are there we're screwed in the
> long run. we NEED a good portion of people on non-Windows platforms to keep
> the market open (read: open standards and development environments that
> work for us).

No - what we NEED are to get the apps on Linux/*BSD up-to-snuff so that people 
don't stay on Windows "because the apps are there", as you so rightfully put 
it.

If the apps on Linux were up to snuff ( or identical -as in the case of 
cross-platform apps like FIrefox, and hopefully soon, KDE ), then the people 
would have no reason to stay on Windows anymore, because Unix has the edge in 
the remaining factors * - cost, security, and stability.

* This is, of course, assuming that you are using a distro with good support, 
since this is also a large factor.

-- 
If you wait by the river long enough, eventually
you will see the bodies of all your enemies float by.
    - Sun Tzu
 
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