[osflash] Stop being Windows-oriented!

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Mac is only a Unix like platform,
so it should not to be very complicated to compile for linux...

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Peters" <kp at bit-101.com>
To: "Open Source Flash Mailing List" <osflash at osflash.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: [osflash] Stop being Windows-oriented!


> Not sure how much this has to do with OSFlash, but I'll bite.
> 
> From a business viewpoint, does it make sense for Adobe to invest  
> massive amounts into porting all their apps to Linux? What percent of  
> people actually use Linux as their main OS? 3% maybe. It's not just a  
> matter of flipping a switch and squirting out a Linux version of  
> Flash. It's as much, if not more effort than creating a PC and Mac  
> version (more flavors of *nix, have to make sure it works in all of  
> them).
> 
> Now, you could make the same argument about the Mac, which is  
> something like 9 or 10% maybe? But then you realize that probably 95%  
> of Mac users have multiple Adobe products installed. How many Linux  
> users would install a CS3 suite, an expensive, closed source software,  
> the antithesis of many Linux user's mindset?
> 
> Anyway, in terms of "Adobe should start thinking about porting its  
> software to the *nix platform! ", they have been thinking about it and  
> working on it for years. I'm sure that as Linux numbers start to rise,  
> which they will, it will become even more viable for Adobe to look  
> into this, but like it or not, they are a business, and have a bottom  
> line to think about. They are not going to invest massive resources  
> into something that is going to have negligible returns.
> 
> Keith Peters
> kp at bit-101.com
> 
> 
> 
> On Jan 16, 2008, at 9:37 AM, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote:
> 
>> We want freedom and high quality software. Flash, the platform and  
>> the tools (provided by Adobe and former Macromedia) are high-quality  
>> software. Before I start to argue on the point of this message, I  
>> would like to say that I have nothing against Windows. I used to be  
>> a happy XP user for a long time, using Flash IDE and other great  
>> dev. tools available to it. However, when you expand your  
>> intellectual horizons you want more, you inexorably pursuits freedom.
>>
>> Linux (and other *nix systems) used to be a myth to me. Not anymore.  
>> After being hooked by the Ubuntu fever, I started going deeper into  
>> the architecture of the POSIX systems and found out the true meaning  
>> of freedom and power.
>>
>> Linux/*nix as a desktop environment has come a long way in the last  
>> few years. It is currently in a state that it is truly a rival to MS  
>> Windows.
>>
>> As a Flash lover and deseloper, I ask you "stop being Windows- 
>> oriented"... if you don't know Linux yet, take some time to look  
>> into it, you'll be amazed.
>>
>> Flash (the development tools) should detach itself from Windows and  
>> start being transparent on the platforms it supports.
>>
>> Linux has a great potential to be the next-gen. creative platform.  
>> Adobe should start thinking about porting its software to the *nix  
>> platform!
>>
>> I'm currently still using XP only becouse of this (Flash IDE,  
>> Photoshop, etc). For everything else (even pure AS coding, which I  
>> use Eclipse+FDT) I use Linux. Macs are a good alternative to  
>> windows, but I don't sympathize with their philosophies and its way  
>> too expensive, maybe someday.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>>
>>
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