Selling Linux to Windows Users

[Gilles Gravier]

Dotan,

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 2008/12/10 Gilles Gravier <gilles at gravier.org>:
>   
>> Hi!
>>
>> Derek Broughton wrote:
>>     
>>> I would agree that there isn't much you can do in Linux that can't be
>>> done in Windows, but there are certainly plenty of specific applications
>>> that won't run on Windows.
>>>
>>>       
>> ... and vice versa...
>>
>> I would agree that there isn't much you can do in Windows that can't be
>> done in Linux but there are certainly plenty of specific applications
>> that won't run on Linux. :)
>>
>>     
>
> The difference here, Gilles, is that there _is_ Windows software for
> which no Linux equivalent exists. Solidworks (CAD) for instance

The list is very big in this space.

- Photoshop (goes WAY beyond GIMP for professional photo manipulation
like RAW batch processing)
- Starry Night Pro (take Stellarium and KStars, and blend the best of
both and you are still missing a lot of what Starry Night Pro brings)
- Nokia / Ericsson / (name your phone brand here) custom management software

To name a few. :)

Gilles.