Ed Hill wrote:
>
> Thornton Prime wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Thomas Dodd wrote:
> >
> > > Have you checked the price if Windows tools?
> > > Look at Delphi, C++ Builder, or any MS Visual *
> > > product. Klyix is on par with the Professional versions
> > > of those tools, and priced better.
>
> (*snip*)
>
> > They are introducing a product into a community accostomed to not only
> > getting quality development tools for free, but getting the source code to
> > boot.
> >
> > They need to remember that the majority of their potential customers are
> > using Emacs, vi, or other free development environments and they need to
> > offer both a compelling and competitive feature set as well as a
> > competitve price. They also need to remember that Linux has a very strong
> > appeal to people with limited budgets: students, startups, intependent
> > contractors and consultants.
>
> Having recently attended a Delphi Users Group meeting, I'll
> wager that current Linux users are only a fraction of Kylix's
> potential market. There are *plenty* of Delphi developers out
> there now who see Kylix as an entry point to Linux coding.
I have to agree here. They aren't after traditional linux
developers. They are after Delphi developers and offering
a cross platform environment. Code in Kylix and build for
Linux and Windows. Linux users need to be willing to buy
the tools out there.
If Photoshop, Illistrator, or Quark ever make it to
linux, I can get rid of my windows box. Until then
my wife keeps the M$ box and I fight to keep it
running. I cannot even get here to use the Windows
versions of Corel apps.
When those apps come out, they will cost as much
as the windows apps.
-Thomas
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