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Story: KDE getting ready to go native on Windows
Posted by: Anonymous (Tuesday 24 January 2006, 1:52 PM)
To those who think allowing developers to do native Qt/Win ports because it would dissuade user from switching to Linux, you might missing why most people see such a barrier to switching: THE APPS!
My wife is now a Linux user, and the only reason why is that Mozilla (which we use for browsing and e-mail) is cross-platform, but she still wouldn't switch until I installed Win4Lin so that she could still run Windows apps in a pinch. We never use Win4Lin, but psychologically she needed to know her apps were available.
If Windows users start using KDE apps on Windows, then the barrier to switching to Linux is lowered, and the paradigm shock of the switch is greatly lessened. They can't say "but Linux doesn't run !" because its just isn't true anymore. They will see the vastly increased security and stability and decreased cost of Linux (i.e. no longer having to purchase anti-virus/anti-spyware or pay M$ licensing fees), and they will make the switch gladly instead of grudgingly.
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Story: KDE getting ready to go native on Windows
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If you really want Posix for Windows.: http://www.... Jeff Lewis -
History repeating itself ...
To those advocat... Gregory L. Marx -
I look at it from the other point of vie... David Wright -
There are a few *HUGE* differences betwe... Richard June
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I can't argue with your 2nd and 3rd... Gregory L. Marx -
I don't remember OS/2 *EVER* d... Richard June
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Well, I know OS/2 didn't get m... Gregory L. Marx
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I definitely agree that the availability of c... Michiel Wittkampf
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When I was young, similar things happene... Chevalier Dr Dr Ruediger Marcus Flaig
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SFU -- Shut the F**K up? Cozminsky
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So I hope to be able to use http://www.reactos.com... Jamie Borg
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I thing that it's great for projects like REA... Anonymous
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The availability of cross platform applications ha... BD Phillips
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As a small office desktop user our 'training'... Anonymous
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Linux needs more, better drivers. Not Windows hel... michael howard
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Possible shortsighted comments by KDE developer?
I... Brett Kislin
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I have to disagree.
Our company is a Windows-only... Anonymous
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Isn't the point of the GPL to provide the freedom... Anonymous
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Having the only ports of great free software has n... Tobias Cohen
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I would disagree, as a very loyal Windows user, th... Jon D.
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Are members of the Open Source community really su... Gary Varga
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Making free software available on Windows alt... Larry Gearhart
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I was using Windows for a long time. I w... David
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These people who whine about "If all the good soft... Matt
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I like pizza Jo Jo
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To those who think allowing developers to do nativ... Anonymous -
>My wife is now a Linux user, and the only
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The point all depends on your perspectiv... Anonymous
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Raptorhead.com sells open source apps for Windows... Anonymous
