On Tuesday 11 July 2006 08:50, Roland Kaeser wrote:
the goal is to implement the win32 APIs on top of unix. this does neither exclude the gamers nor the "appers".
No that wasn't my idea. But remember the mission: Bring the people to Linux! It's just a matter of priorization. What brings more people to linux? You have right: The business apps.
I know quite a bunch of guys who were brought to Linux by one of the following: software development tools, scientific software, multimedia tools, and Cedega. In fact I know of more people who were brought to Linux by NON-business apps. So what does that prove? Just that we know different types of people and that you should keep your eyes open for other possibilities.
So what's more important?
I'd say it's most important that you understand that business apps are not the end-all be-all, because you seem quite fixated on those.
so why not support that efford by donating some of your time or money (e.g. your employers) to fix the problems? recently there where the auditions for the summer of code - why not advocate then to make things better? why not try crossover's wine?
Sorry, I can just program Java but no C nor C++. And my salery is just enough to life.
Use your imagination. Entice other people to do the work. Every little bit helps. Do testing. Do documentation. There's so much besides coding that can be done.
But as soon crossover supports my core required business apps I will surely buy one and will strongly recommend my circly of friends to do the same.
If everyone would think that way, noone would ever buy it.
But does it makes sense to buy a software which would currently be usesless for me?
No. You don't have to buy it. There are other ways to help.
My most other freetime goes also into opensource projects or projects which promotes opensource (such as the yearly linux installation parties). It wasn't my intent to "whine" on the list but sometimes it required to give the people a soft kick in ass.
You deserve one yourself. And a hard one at that.
Cheers, Kuba