why do major corporations like Yahoo! and Google, hardly ever think to make applications for linux?
Ubuntu linux is among the most popular desktop operating systems on the planet, yet very feq companies develop applications for it, if you can write a nice flashy instant messanger for windows and mac, why not ubuntu linux? you can’t say it’s standardization standing in the way, Ubuntu (not kubuntu, edubuntu, or xubuntu) has specific software it comes with, anything else is "extra" but certainly available. Yahoo! wrote an instant messanger that is so old it looks like the very first windows version. come on guys! linux can do ANYTHING! Why the hell do you think so many people are turning to it!?! someone please explain this travesty to me…PLEASE!
Tagged with: desktop operating systems • edubuntu • hell • instant messanger • Linux • specific software • windows version • xubuntu • yahoo
Filed under: Linux Applications
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Google does release application for Linux, native (Google Earth) or based on Windows versione (Picasa); after all, Google itself is Linux based…
Ironically, a loto of application born for Linux now exist and are popular for Windows, also (VLC, for instance)
Unless they are creating legacy applications, there is not enough ROI to condone a software application for the Linux market as many of the tools on Linux are already open source (free)
Google does have a Linux version of their toolbar (for firefox):
http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/toolbar/index.html
not enough people use it lol