Linux freeloaders

Message ID: 357556

Posted By: deepdistrust

Subject: Linux freeloaders

There is a common criticizm that companies don't make much software for sale to Linux home users because most Linux users are freeloaders! I can certainly understand this after looking at freedung99 here, ranting about how people should stop being selfish and start donating things so that he may use them.

Even when a company is not interested in making money from a particular piece of software, it is rather reluctant to develop or maintain the Linux version of its software. Look at Y! Messenger or Real Player. Or, consider Google refusing to develop native Linux ports of its software. I wonder if the Linux development environment is so fucked up that people avoid it like the plague.

In any case, if you are a Linux user, there are just so many ways for you to lose!

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