Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 13th Jan 2008 16:30 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"Operating systems come with cultures as much as codebases. I was forcibly reminded of this fact over the holidays when several family members and neighbors press-ganged me into troubleshooting their Windows computers. Although none of us had any formal computer training, and I know almost nothing about Windows, I was able to solve problems that baffled the others - not because of any technical brilliance, but because the free software culture in which I spend my days made me better able to cope."
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RE[3]: What a waste of atoms
by TechGeek on Mon 14th Jan 2008 14:27
in reply to "RE[2]: What a waste of atoms"
Member since:2006-01-14
Actually I think you are wrong. There are a lot of companies and schools that would much rather be using the Linux or a Unix platform and be able to teach Adobe on it than you think. I know at my university that we would have a lot more linux on the desktop if it were not for a few professional level programs.
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2005-08-26
They want to USE Adobe's products but since they don't want to actually pay, they go "The grapes are sour anyway!" like the fox.
In the end that just means that there will not be enough people interested for Adobe to spend the money porting.