I agree with this 100%
Microsoft is responsible for destroying creative and better software than it produces itself
If you cannot see the obvious you are part of the problem
Please do not port software to Windows (2001)
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Re: Please do not port software to Windows (2001)
#42This article seems polite enough. The author gives some rational reasons, and at least marks the opinion parts with "I feel" type qualifications. Why is everyone just picking apart the logic behind this? It makes me (a Linux user) think that Windows-ecosystem people feel entitled to a port of all software, "because Windows".
> It makes me (a Linux user) think that Windows-ecosystem people feel entitled to a port of all software, "because Windows".
Actually it's quite the contrary, when you maintain a Windows-only piece of software you get constantly bugged by the few dozen Linux / OS X users.
I mean, your OS selection happened because "the many benefits your favorite OS brings you over Windows are way more important than not having software".
If you really want to run Windows software, why not install Wine, VirtualBox, or... Windows?
Re: Please do not port software to Windows (2001)
#43"companies like Microsoft try to limit people's freedoms." According to the author this is bad. I agree with this point for the purpose of this discussion. The author tries to limit people's freedoms. The author tells me I should try to limit people's freedoms. For the sake of their freedoms. P.s. I'm not familiar with the author or their software. P.p.s. Luckily there's less need to port Linux software to Windows th…
No, the author doesn't try to limit anyone's freedom, he only asks people to understand him and to work against proprietary platforms, not prohibits them to do anything.
Of course he does. By choosing a GNU license he explicitly limits the choices available to anyone that might make use of his software in their own software projects. That's the whole point of the license to limit the freedoms of developers in favor of users... his favored group. Even then, his plea is for developers to willingly limit user choice in regard to proprietary software. Sure, his license doesn't legally prevent this, but he's asking developers to de facto limit user freedom to choose their operating environment in favor of his approved systems.
If he were merely trying to convince users to move to Libre systems while making no plea to the developers that might otherwise enable users to choose against his wishes, you might have a point: but that's not his goal.
Re: Please do not port software to Windows (2001)
#44He knows I can just open up a linux vm right???