Thread: Should FLOSS code be ported to a proprietary environment?
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Old 05-12-2007   #11 (permalink)
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Default Re: Should FLOSS code be ported to a proprietary environment?
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All this porting to Windows means that those potential switchers wouldn't switch because they don't have a reason to switch! For example, the Xbox 360 gives people a reason to buy, since they have an exclusive killer app. which in this case is Halo 3. They would lose a lot of potential buyers if for example Halo 3 came out on the Nintendo Wii(which itself, has a lot of exclusive titles).
The fact is, Linux isn't for that 98% of people (or whatever figure it is).

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