[CoLoCo] Google funds WINE Photoshop compatibility

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I guess my point is that I hope that some day all major apps and games are
written for Linux as well as Windows, Apple, etc. This way it is up to the
users preference and liking when deciding on an OS and it is not decided by
the limitations of the applications that work with the OS. You see gaming
companies making the same games for Xbox, PS3, PC (Windows) and
more.....what is the big deal about developing it for one more environment?
Similarly applications are written for Windows and OS X.....what is the big
deal about developing it for one more environment? I truly believe this will
begin to happen soon and it will draw more people to Linux.

When I am trying to sell someone on Ubuntu the only areas I cant seem to win
people over on are these two topics. Does it run Photoshop?
Well....um...kinda. Will it play all my favorite games? Well...maybe some of
them but you will have to run another program to do it and you might need to
jump through some hoops to get it to run. Once these are out of the way I
don't see what can stop Linux and Ubuntu

On the other side I don't use anything from Adobe or play PC games so I am
personally content with GIMP, free open source software and whatever Linux
games are out there.

Just my 2 cents

-Simon

On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 1:38 PM, TheZorch <thezorch at gmail.com> wrote:

>  David L. Willson wrote:
>
> Unfortunately, my reaction was the opposite.  I figure that Google
> improving WINE actually ~decreases~ the pressure on Adobe to make a
> Linux port.  I suppose a case could be made either way.  In the final
> analysis, I'm in favor of whatever gets more people running Linux more,
> so this is a good thing.
>
>  If a version of Wine can be developed that can run 99% of the software
> available (games and apps both) for Windows then it would be worth it.  I
> see Wine for Linux the same way an Apple user might see BootCamp.  Yes I
> know they are completely different, but they are both "incentives" which can
> help alleviate a the fear some people have when switching to a new
> platform.  For Windows users its a fear that they'll have to leave all of
> their favorite applications behind to learn new ones.  The same can be said
> for new Mac users.  One of the biggest hurdles for adoption of the Apple Mac
> platform was the fact that it couldn't run Windows apps and most of the apps
> and games for Windows didn't have Mac versions.  Parallels and BootCamp
> render that argument moot, thus the number of people switching to Mac has
> increased immensely over the past year.  If Wine can be improved to the
> point to where a new user can goto the store, buy a piece of software, bring
> it home and install it and run without jumping through hoops then Linux will
> be better off and more people will be less afraid of trying the platform if
> they know their Windows apps will still work.
>
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