Re: [SLUG] Linux news on slashdot

[Dean Hamstead <zort@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Use open standards, document clearly any additions to these standards.
Then let open source develop its own solutions. =)

Dean

Rachel Polanskis wrote:
> 
> Sluggers,
> 
> I read on /. about Applix and Adobe both making annoucements about
> discontinuing popular products on the Linux platfrom.
> 
> Applix is begging that free officeware products are biting too hard.
> What about Adobe?
> 
> I do not like seeing this sort of thing happen to Linux.
> Is there not enough demand or is it a case of the market being poorly
> placed?
> 
> Personally, I always view Linux myself as a server side platform
> with the desktop being a more diehard application of the OS.
> Is this perhaps the same viewpoint as the "marketplace"?
> 
> Certainly I don't think Linux is alone as requiring more exposure
> to the desktop market via better and more friendly apps.  Solaris
> has had some help from StarOffice and the recent "expansion pack"
> with FVWM and GNU utils provided on CD with Solaris 8.  It doesn't
> seem to be suffering the same dearth of applications however.
> 
> What are your opinions regarding this?
> 
> rachel
> 
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