by the way...we are always interested in new product ideas (i'm in biz dev) so feel free to contact me.
we are also hiring VC++ programmers- if you looking and local to southern Maine, please send an email to jobs at delorme.com
the group is currently 20 developers. all apps are written in VC++, except components of the web apps of course.
the FOSS program- licensed data model has been discussed and is interesting...would still take development effort i think.
i don't know the answer to the wine question, I will ask someone here to respond with more details.
hi...at DeLorme, we do read slashdot. we do talk about porting to linux- pretty much every day. however, we are still a software company that must sell hundreds of thousands of titles to make the cost of a port viable (it's more than a few person-weeks.) right now i don't think the linux user base is large enough to support this, even if all linux users considered buying software in general- mapping software in particular.
however- we appreciate the discussion and reiteration that there is a growing interest in linux apps- i will forward this string to our marketing dept...
thanks
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by the way...we are always interested in new product ideas (i'm in biz dev) so feel free to contact me. we are also hiring VC++ programmers- if you looking and local to southern Maine, please send an email to jobs at delorme.com
the group is currently 20 developers. all apps are written in VC++, except components of the web apps of course. the FOSS program- licensed data model has been discussed and is interesting...would still take development effort i think. i don't know the answer to the wine question, I will ask someone here to respond with more details.
hi...at DeLorme, we do read slashdot. we do talk about porting to linux- pretty much every day. however, we are still a software company that must sell hundreds of thousands of titles to make the cost of a port viable (it's more than a few person-weeks.) right now i don't think the linux user base is large enough to support this, even if all linux users considered buying software in general- mapping software in particular. however- we appreciate the discussion and reiteration that there is a growing interest in linux apps- i will forward this string to our marketing dept... thanks