Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> Run Linux apps on Windows or OS X with Lina
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> | The idea is that developers will be able to create programs for one
> | platform, and they'll be able to run on three different operating
> | systems. This could both expand the market for open source Linux
> | applications, and cut down work for developers. Lina will be free
> | for open source developers, while a licensing fee will apply to
> | commercial developers.
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> http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/05/27/run-linux-apps-on-windows-or-os-x-with-lina/
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> http://www.openlina.com/
Hmm. I'm a bit undecided on this one.
On the one hand, it will expose Linux apps to a wider audience. People
don't use computers for the OS, they use them for the apps, and if they
become accustomed to sufficient FOSS apps on Windows, then eventually
they'll start asking the question "what's the point in me paying for the
OS, especially one so buggy and insecure?", and have a greater incentive
to switch to Linux proper. It'd be a sort of "Linux by stages" effect.
OTOH, this initiative might just as easily encourage apathy, since if
the user has access to all these apps in any OS he uses, then he'll be
disinclined to bother switching ... the "inertia effect".
Given the mass migration we've recently witnessed, of Windows users
sprinting away from Vista like it had a disease, I'm not too concerned
about inertia - Microsoft have cured that ailment with their ineptitude.
--
K.
http://slated.org
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