| From: | gary |
| Date: | 27 Sep 2000 at 21:41:39 |
| Subject: | Re: AMIOPEN: The Windoze SDK |
On Wed, 27 Sep 2000 16:09:11 -0400 (EDT), owner-open@amiga.com Aaron
Ruscetta <aaron@pd.org> wrote:
>
>On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Claus Luethje wrote:
>
>> Janne Siren wrote:
>>
>> > The reason
>> > the first SDK is for Linux is that apparently they could get it out of the
>> > door faster that way (the tools they use were already ready for Linux?).
>
>> ... and it's:
>> - cheaper to get
>> - said to be faster under Linux (than Windows)
>
>More than just said: tao/AmigaSDK/etc. on Linux *IS* about twice as
>fast as when bogged down with windoze bloat.
>
>> And last but not least B.Gates doesn't earn Amiga developers money.
>
>Right. With Linux, Black Billy doesn't get any of the developer's
>Money. Just as importantly, he doesn't he get the inextricably
>associated direct and indirect support for his criminal monopoly.
>
>But we've been through all this before from every angle. It's an
>especially redundant and obnoxious waste of bandwidth to start the
>Windoze Whining Wagon all over again now that Amiga Inc. has made
>their decision and stated that they will eventually be releasing a
>windoze based SDK.
We have, as our first concern, developers. Developers need to be able to
make money or they stop developing for a platform as we have all seen.
Windows currently holds 85% of the desktop market.
Having said that, envision a run-time environment that is so small you can
sell a CD of YOUR applications, games, etc along with this run-time
environment and know that it will load and run on Windows, Linux, etc.
How valuable is this to a developer?
Once the AmigaDE takes hold and as market share increases, then we have
even more opportunity for our developers (who are all hungry or should be
after a 9 year drought).
>On the up side, there is this list, where new Linux SDK users may get
>the assistance they need to remain un-shafted, and Amiga Inc.
>continues to work and partner with more factions of the Linux and Open
>Source communities.
And our commitment to open source won't waiver. It takes BOTH kinds of
development to enhance a platform.
Catch the Dream ... Amiga Dream Team
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