[osflash] Stop being Windows-oriented!

[jake varghese]

Ya, it compiles.

I have several open source apps running on my mac.  That's the reason I 
went with it.  I can get the best of all worlds, Windows, Mac and Linux.

I wouldnt put Mac OSX server on a production machine for deployment 
(unless it was for scientific grid computing), but I consider it the 
best client desktop/workstation OS because of it's rock solid Unix core 
and super clean UI.


Thanks,


Jake Varghese
Flvorful.com


Infos E-Blokos wrote:
> Mac is only a Unix like platform,
> so it should not to be very complicated to compile for linux...
>
> Franck Chionna
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Keith Peters" <kp at bit-101.com>
> To: "Open Source Flash Mailing List" <osflash at osflash.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 10:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [osflash] Stop being Windows-oriented!
>
>
>   
>> Not sure how much this has to do with OSFlash, but I'll bite.
>>
>> From a business viewpoint, does it make sense for Adobe to invest  
>> massive amounts into porting all their apps to Linux? What percent of  
>> people actually use Linux as their main OS? 3% maybe. It's not just a  
>> matter of flipping a switch and squirting out a Linux version of  
>> Flash. It's as much, if not more effort than creating a PC and Mac  
>> version (more flavors of *nix, have to make sure it works in all of  
>> them).
>>
>> Now, you could make the same argument about the Mac, which is  
>> something like 9 or 10% maybe? But then you realize that probably 95%  
>> of Mac users have multiple Adobe products installed. How many Linux  
>> users would install a CS3 suite, an expensive, closed source software,  
>> the antithesis of many Linux user's mindset?
>>
>> Anyway, in terms of "Adobe should start thinking about porting its  
>> software to the *nix platform! ", they have been thinking about it and  
>> working on it for years. I'm sure that as Linux numbers start to rise,  
>> which they will, it will become even more viable for Adobe to look  
>> into this, but like it or not, they are a business, and have a bottom  
>> line to think about. They are not going to invest massive resources  
>> into something that is going to have negligible returns.
>>
>> Keith Peters
>> kp at bit-101.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 16, 2008, at 9:37 AM, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> We want freedom and high quality software. Flash, the platform and  
>>> the tools (provided by Adobe and former Macromedia) are high-quality  
>>> software. Before I start to argue on the point of this message, I  
>>> would like to say that I have nothing against Windows. I used to be  
>>> a happy XP user for a long time, using Flash IDE and other great  
>>> dev. tools available to it. However, when you expand your  
>>> intellectual horizons you want more, you inexorably pursuits freedom.
>>>
>>> Linux (and other *nix systems) used to be a myth to me. Not anymore.  
>>> After being hooked by the Ubuntu fever, I started going deeper into  
>>> the architecture of the POSIX systems and found out the true meaning  
>>> of freedom and power.
>>>
>>> Linux/*nix as a desktop environment has come a long way in the last  
>>> few years. It is currently in a state that it is truly a rival to MS  
>>> Windows.
>>>
>>> As a Flash lover and deseloper, I ask you "stop being Windows- 
>>> oriented"... if you don't know Linux yet, take some time to look  
>>> into it, you'll be amazed.
>>>
>>> Flash (the development tools) should detach itself from Windows and  
>>> start being transparent on the platforms it supports.
>>>
>>> Linux has a great potential to be the next-gen. creative platform.  
>>> Adobe should start thinking about porting its software to the *nix  
>>> platform!
>>>
>>> I'm currently still using XP only becouse of this (Flash IDE,  
>>> Photoshop, etc). For everything else (even pure AS coding, which I  
>>> use Eclipse+FDT) I use Linux. Macs are a good alternative to  
>>> windows, but I don't sympathize with their philosophies and its way  
>>> too expensive, maybe someday.
>>>
>>> What do you think?
>>>
>>>
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