news.cnet.com — Columnist John Dvorak thinks that Adobe Systems has a Microsoft problem and that Linux provides a clear solution: Adobe could port its Creative Suite...to Linux as a shot across Redmond's bow. Then the company should race Linux in-house and develop a complete, optimized Linux OS...
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nomoreAug 21, 2008
Oh dear... here we go again.This is from the guy who said that Google would NEVER buy Youtube - the day before Google puchased Youtube!What a tit!
digifuzzAug 21, 2008
I got photoshop cs2 runnin yesterday through wine. works without a hitch so far, and I didn't have to jump through hoops to install it. Just put in the cd, and ran the setup.
lastditchheroAug 21, 2008
I think "pummel" is the wrong word. A better word would be screw over. If Linux market share grows and becomes a platform that web developers need to consider then silverlight becomes far less attractive than Flash, Flex, and other platforms. Also moonlight is really not in that great of shape of a project and will never be on par with silverlight.
Closed AccountAug 21, 2008
Seeing as to how MS is encroaching on their game console market with money coming directly from the profits of MS' OS/Office division, I'd say it would benefit Sony quite a bit to help bring some pain to the Windows monopoly.
ilgazAug 22, 2008
Even Donald Knuth says there is nothing to replace Photoshop yet. Sad but true.The community based development for GIMP makes it lack "Professional features". Also professionals using Gimp and not supporting the project adds more to the issue. People don't understand the difference of "open source", "free as in.." thing. If I was a photo/design professional who made money with Gimp involved, I would directly donate a good amount to the project without being forced to.
pepasAug 25, 2008
You keep saying 'port' - I don't think it means what you think it means...
pepasAug 25, 2008
I would even guess that Adobe gets paid by Microsoft to NOT port to Linux, so they'd lose that. Also, there is a big difference between competing and all-out war (although Google is far from being dead..!).