Windows also is a moving target every few years (figures can vary) a new version is out and many applications have to be rebuild at high costs too.
On the other hand you can find dozens of applications that run on every Linux distributions : Firefox, Thunderbird, Gimp, Blender for the free-ones I use, Adobe reader as a non-free one (can't think of another one I'm using currently but I'm certain there are others) and all those applications also run on Windows.
My point is Linux is not more a moving target than Windows, many Windows applications could be developed and work on any platform Windows/Linux and any distrib/packaging system. It's just about money or will to get there, not about a "there are so many packaging system out there, I'm afraid Dave"
If there is only a few potential customers for a product, they won't make any step in that direction. That's all.
And no, "a whole office trapped in windows" is not enough customer. "a whole bunch of big offices trapped in Windows and asking for Linux versions", that would be enough customers
BTW, as a new Linux-user, I do agree that I found the whole various-packaging-systems quite strange, some standardization could help. But I cannot objectively say it has something to do with SolidWorks not being ported to Linux.
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That is nonsense.
Windows also is a moving target every few years (figures can vary) a new version is out and many applications have to be rebuild at high costs too.
On the other hand you can find dozens of applications that run on every Linux distributions : Firefox, Thunderbird, Gimp, Blender for the free-ones I use, Adobe reader as a non-free one (can't think of another one I'm using currently but I'm certain there are others) and all those applications also run on Windows.
My point is Linux is not more a moving target than Windows, many Windows applications could be developed and work on any platform Windows/Linux and any distrib/packaging system. It's just about money or will to get there, not about a "there are so many packaging system out there, I'm afraid Dave"
If there is only a few potential customers for a product, they won't make any step in that direction. That's all.
And no, "a whole office trapped in windows" is not enough customer. "a whole bunch of big offices trapped in Windows and asking for Linux versions", that would be enough customers
BTW, as a new Linux-user, I do agree that I found the whole various-packaging-systems quite strange, some standardization could help. But I cannot objectively say it has something to do with SolidWorks not being ported to Linux.
If we == "good software" and enemy = crap, then...
So the second term is always true then ?
You knew we do love car analogies, didn't you ?