Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 11th Aug 2005 17:35 UTC
The LinuxWorld Conference & Expo here this week has drawn fewer people who came to learn what Linux is all about and more who are ready to buy Linux products that can deliver cost saving, performance and reliability. That was the view expressed by several LinuxWorld attendees who took time out to talk about what they saw and liked at the show.
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Member since:2005-07-14
You are sort of right. Sort of, because I can understand the other side - no API is perfect, so why lock yourself into one?
The small changes (from apps' point of view) did not stop e.g. Opera and Oracle developing their products for Linux. Also Real (real-player, helix), Macromedia (flash plugin), Sun (java stuff). ID Software. And this is just from the top of my head.
A stable API would definitely help, but you can't claim there are no third-party apps for Linux.
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2005-07-06
Linux needs a stable standards based means of developing for the OS. Then the serious third parties will start to developing.