Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 15th Jan 2006 23:32 UTC
"Linux has made major inroads on servers and in data centers running both open-source and proprietary applications on millions of computers worldwide. We've recently seen the rise of Linux on mobile devices. But the Linux desktop remains elusive. We know it's out there, but it only now seems to be approaching the tipping point."
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2005-11-12
Sorry but that is a load of crap, there are clauses in the GPL that deal with that. Bsically, if a company wants to base there product of GPL code then they should have to release there code. If they just want to use a GPL library then they don't have to release there code.
As for game developers continuing to only develop for Windows, the point of creating a toolkit which makes it incredibly simple, to support multiple platforms is so that, that won't happen. You mean if you look at Linux now the main sore point limiting home uptake is the lack of support for games. Gamers are market leaders, if you appeal to gamers the follow on would be massive. Vendors would naturally provide Linux along side Windows.