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Re: [News] "Not releasing to Linux makes no sense"

  • Subject: Re: [News] "Not releasing to Linux makes no sense"
  • From: Rick <none@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:12:25 -0500
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:59:09 -0500, Aunty Diluvian wrote:

> On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:58:27 +0000, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>>Cutthecosta.com Releases New Travel Utility for Windows and Linux Users
>>
>>,----[ Quote ]
>>| The conversion of the program from Windows to Linux was surprisingly
>>| easy - it took about 30 minutes, we don't really understand why other
>>| companies don't release their programs simultaneously on both
>>| platforms. Not releasing to Linux makes no sense!
>>`----
>>
>>http://www.linuxpr.com/releases/9332.html
> 
> It's commonly known that if you drive your new Mercedes only in the better
> parts of the city, it is less apt to get damaged, or more precisely,
> stolen.
> 
> When you face a greater risk when driving in the less affluent urban areas
> (slums), most common sense drivers will tend to drive out of their way to
> avoid them.
> 
> In the same vein, software manufacturers will tend to stay away from the
> areas that pose the greater threat (software piracy) and concentrate on
> the more stable, paying clientele.
> 
> That's Linux. ie. (slums, software pirates) 

Just what do they pirate?

> vs Windows, ie. (affluent, paying clientele)

.. which explains all the hoops Microsoft is jumping through to stop
piracy of Windows and Windows based software.

> 
> To dispute that makes you either a fool or a liar. ....or both.

Wow. I cannot believe how stupid and dishonest you are.

-- 
Rick


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