Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3232 mails)

["PerfectReign" <suse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

suse@xxxxxx wrote:
> Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>>> From: suse@xxxxxx
>>
>> You might want to fix something. I always get a mail back from
>> postmaster
>> when writing to you.
>
> That's odd... I've gotten mail from others on this account... what
is the error?
>
>>> are often written to be quite cross-platform.  I've got a windows box
>>> that I use for a few things (mostly compatibility testing), and just
>>> last night I got annoyed at Windows Media Play, so I installed
MPlayer.
>>> Works great.
>>
>> Call it benefit of open source -- though a word most Windowsians
probably
>> never figured out yet.
>
> Indeed.  I was really surprised to find MPlayer for windows.  I've
begun
> to wonder how hard would it really be for commercial companies to
port their apps to Linux?

Depends on the company. You can see Google did a tremendos job with
picasa - which they ported using an embedded wine platforme. Also
opera wrote their browser so it could easily be ported to whatever OS
and even handhelds.

Corel, on the other hand, doesn't feel it appropriate...

"Response (Maria) - 08/25/2006 08:07 AM
Hi Mr K.,

Thank you for contacting Technical Services. There is no version of
CorelDRAW available for Linux at the moment. Corel’s market data
indicates
that more than 95 per cent of CorelDRAW customers are using the
Windows® platform.  As a result, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12 and X3
are available for Windows only."


So now the answer to the OPs quesiton is - what in SuSE Linux doesn't
provide teh same or similar functionality to CorelDraw?  I don't know
Corel, so I can't say if the GIMP is equitable.
-- 
Kai Ponte
www.perfectreign.com

Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis
for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a
mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.



-- 
Kai Ponte
www.perfectreign.com

Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis
for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a
mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.