2009/4/10 Ben Klein shacklein@gmail.com:
2009/4/9 EA Durbin ead1234@hotmail.com:
After all we don't want to vastly increase our potential customer base and potentially get several $70 per crossover professional license or $40 per standard license fees, but rather wait until someone writes a hefty check to port it up front.
You're confusing Wine with Crossover. Wine does not have license fees. Wine does not ask for money if you want to use it, nor do Wine devs ask for money if you want things fixed. Wine devs typically ask for patches if you want things fixed.
Wine also does not say "we need to get this app fixed because people demand it". The closest Wine comes to that is "we need to get these API calls because a bunch of apps use them and they're all breaking".
You're all wrong, it's maybe not a matter of money or to have more users, but to let it work for a lot of users for our current users base. It's very annoying, and a lot of Wine users might need it ATM. A lot of people have older iPods who are supported by some programs like Amarok or Rhythmbox, but not for the latest generations...