Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Jan 2003 22:11:53 +0000 (GMT) | From | James Simmons <> | Subject | Re: [OT] Re: Linux in the News! WooHoo! |
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> The long development cycle has a lot to do with the lack of specifications for > the hardware.
True but also due to the fact that many of the people involved do this in there spare time versus for a living. 5 hours a week versus 40 makes a big difference in how fast something comes to completion.
> > Now try a search in flipdog.com, CareerBuilder.com, or HotJobs.com for a > > GNOME or KDE jobs. Well what do you know. No jobs avaible. So no company > > is looking to either port there software to linux nor create new linux > > software. > > not true: > 2 for "X Window" > 10 for "X Windows" > 13 for Motif
Unfoturnely the search engines are not that good. Because of the space in X windows you end you getting M$ windows programming jobs. The motif jobs are the most accurate. > The projects currently underway for doing the desktop haven't asked for R&D > funds, to my knowlege.
And if they ask do you think they get it? I wonder. OpenOffice does have a full time staff since Sun has a stake in things. Othewise it wouldn't get where it is today.
> HOWEVER - there were 15000+ workstations that converted to StarOffice last > year (DISA - a government agency). Since StarOffice works on both Linux and M$ > I see that as a win. And there are a LOT of OpenOffice (the free version) > installations.
Note free versions. I guess if Sun can afford to lose 2 billions dollars it can afford to give a office suite away. The question if Sun runs out of money then what?
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