(OT) Re: Unity ROCKS!!!

[Isaac Hummel]

On 05/03/2011 10:37 AM, Justin Stanczak wrote:
> I think the momentum of an open source project the size of Android 
> will be hard to beat. What would be the point? I'm saying Linux should 
> ride the app developer wave of Android to make more apps for Linux. I 
> would disagree about Linux not being mature. Businesses chase 
> consumers. If the consumers use Android desktop apps, then businesses 
> will follow. Phone app, or desktop app, what's the difference now a 
> days. That line is getting blurred.
>

I never said Linux was not mature. I said the PC Operating System space 
is mature. Android's success came from getting in near the beginning of 
a new market: the true smartphone market. Just like with GUI PC OSs and 
the Mac, Apple led the way with iPhone and iOS. This time around, 
though, Android provided the open alternative (of course Android is open 
source whereas Windows was and is not, but it was open in the sense that 
you could run it on any IBM compatible PC and, I believe, they put fewer 
restrictions on developers). In other words, Linux is competing in a 
mature market and doesn't have the opportunity for explosive growth the 
way Android does.

As for the rest, I second what Liam said. Also, why wouldn't they just 
run their Android apps on Windows? Applications aren't native Linux 
programs running directly on the processor. Their running on the Dalvik 
virtual machine which is running on Linux, which means if and when they 
make it easy to run Android apps on the desktop, there is no apparent 
reason why they can't do it for Windows too (which is the vast majority 
of the market).

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