Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 10th Dec 2005 17:37 UTC, submitted by Dark_Knight
The company expressed concern that to the extent its minority market share has caused software developers to question Apple's prospects in the PC space, developers could be less inclined to develop software for Apple products, and instead feel more inclined to devote their resources to developing software for the larger Windows market or growing Linux market. Here is the 10-K form in question.
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2005-07-06
So what you're saying is basically I'm a stupid idiot who should just jolly well put up with the fact that my iPod can't work out of the box with a linux system
My iPod works just as well in my Linux machine as it does in my Mac. I didn't do anything special to it either, I just plug it in and a folder pops up on my desktop. I didn't even have to install drivers for it like I did in Windows.
and that I should go off and simply put up with the fact that none of my much required applications will never exist on Linux.
If you're required applications don't exist on Linux, then its not a good idea for you to switch. Nobody is telling you that it is. What people are saying is that for a lot of people, the required applications do exist, and switching is perfectly tenable. The only apps I need are a good Lisp and C++ compiler, Matlab, and a web browser. Linux suites my needs just fine. Apparently, it suits the needs of ILM's artists (among many other people) just as well. You're pretending like you're situation is the only one there is, and completely missing the point of the article --- which is that in a lot of the markets in which Apple sells computers (media and scientific computing), Linux is a perfectly viable alternative.
computers are about making end users lives easier, and it doens't matter a tinkers cuss as to whether a 20,000 dollar application is available on Linux
It does if that's what you run on your computer!
it isn't going to fix the fact that suzy homemaker can't copy her photos from her digital camera to a nicely laid out photo application - that is the situation.
1) Why is Susie Homemaker any more important than Bob the Mechanical Engineer?
2) What exactly is wrong with GNOME's photo tools, or F-spot? They're no replacement for Aperature, but they do a perfectly good job handling photos.