| From: | Darren Eveland |
| Date: | 7 Aug 2000 at 20:09:46 |
| Subject: | Re: AMIOPEN: To Windoze or Not to Windoze |
Hey I think a Windows hosted SDK is a great idea. You can say the time for
windows is coming to an end but the fact right now is that windows has
upwards of 95% of the desktop market share....Linux is running in to the 20%
share in servers, but you also have to look at the revenue side. Most of
those linuxes are free and the revenue generated by that 20% share is
peanuts compared to the windows nt/2000 revenue.
There are also many times over more windows based developers than linux
ones. Every developer at my work uses windows as their platform...They'd be
more apt to look at something that can run on their OS than to fiddle and
fart around with linux.
Darren
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jean-Pierre" <jpj@casema.net>
To: <open@amiga.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 2:57 AM
Subject: Re: AMIOPEN: To Windoze or Not to Windoze
> Last statement about this one:
>
> 1. Aaron never said there should NEVER be a Windows SDK.
> He questioned the timing of the windows SDK introduction in
> relation to the stadium in development that the OE (and indeed
> Amiga's grander scheme) are at.
>
> 2. Time are a changin', Baby. Sony's PS2 Devbox runs Linux. Embedded
> Linux is being pushed as a standard. QNX is about to be released.
> Microsoft is moving to a .Net strategy. The time for windows on the
> desktop is coming to an end....
>
> And last but not least - don't try and bite someone's head off because
> you're
> afraid there won't be a Windows SDK (and hence convenience for yourself)
> because of his comments. He is concerned and is voicing his concerns,
trying
> to provide some valuable input (that's often requested right here by
Amiga).
>
> It always surprises me how everyone here (including Amiga's own) feel the
> need to go overboard with their responses because someone voice's his
> opinions.
> Remember, its internet and its hard to convey context and nuances in an
> email.
>
> I guess now is the time to bury the discussion since we've all had our
say.
> Feel free to get the last word in if you must.
>
> JP
>
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