John Grant wrote:
Paul W. Abrahams said: [snip]
One kind of program that isn't available for Linux as far as I know is the equivalent of TurboTax. The trouble with income-tax programs is that they have to be updated every year, and no author of free software is going to make the effort to do that year after year. On top of that the details you have to deal with are details of IRS forms, not of programming.
I'm not worried; if Apple really is moving to a NeXT-derived OS (aka Mach, aka BSD) then before long even M$ will be basically writing _some_ of their apps for an *ix-like platform. From there it's just a relatively small step to Linux.
Personally, I'd love to see Intuit dragged into the Microsoft case somehow or other. They are aiding and abetting the Microsoft monopoly by refusing to port their software to Linux even though it would probably be profitable for them to do so.
Unless they drop Mac support as well, they -will- come around. Say what you like about Jobs, at least he knows that apps are important, so I don't think he'll let companies like Intuit get away. (In fact, now that I think about it, didn't he haul them back once already?) IMHO, the only question is when, not if, we'll see a linux version of their software.
Your right! In fact, I believe that within the next year or two we will see ALL the major windows apps and many of the minor ones offer Linux versions. With the advent of SO, WP8, Domino, VisualAge, etc., we are seeing that trend in full bloom. So, despite what Dyroff said, Linux is ALL READY on the desktop of many, many folks, and ready for many, many more. JLK -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/