Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Matt belched out
> this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>>>
>>> What good is a cross-platform application running on a crippled platform?
>>
>> For one thing it acts as a bridge between OSes, permitting migrations
>> away from Windows. You see it mentioned in most major Linux migrations.
>> By the way, migrations away from Linux are almost unknown. And find
>> me one where the emigrant says, "Oh, yes, I felt so trapped on
>> Linux---but with these cross-platform apps I found I was able to finally
>> migrate to Windows, which is really the better OS."
>
> That's not my claim, though.
>
> My claim is that it enables a lot of people to /stay/ on Windows.
>
Unfortunately, both these positions are correct, they are not exclusive.
Having been using Linux for so long now (getting on for 15 years), I
don't much care whether there's a Windows alternative, but for those
unfortunates still on the Redmond Money-Go-Round-and-Round-to-Bill, then
having something X-Platform could be of value.
Bridges, though, usually permit traffic both ways.
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