> > (1) Resources in OSS are generally extremely scarce. Time and money is not > nearly as much for macOS or Windows. Comparably they seem to have infinite > resources. And when resources are scarce you have to focus them. > ( Brian Dylan had a very nice talk about the cost of OSS )
This is correct. Also, many companies actually don't need Microsoft Windows and Apple. They would very much like to cut costs. I have worked for a few companies whose products were in linux but they had Windows desktop. Other than checking emails in Outlook and writing some 50 pages documents, there was nothing else to do on Windows. These companies would definitely like to use linux desktops and stop paying to MIcrosoft/Apple. There is a lot of scope for linux desktops if the linux desktop marketing team gets involved with the companies and asks them what they want. And if those things are delivered then the chances are very high of getting more money/funding. By linux desktops, I mean GNOME and KDE and the accompanying desktop software applications. Google, Nvidia, Cisco, Broadcom, Juniper Networks, etc. don't need Windows/Mac. Also, most of the non-programmers (possibly 80%) use Windows/Mac only for browsing the web and writing some documents. Banking is different because they use spreadsheets heavily and LibreOffice is not up to it. But in the majority of cases, people (programmers + non-programmers) don't need Windows/Mac. I have myself switched from Windows to Linux and I am not missing anything (but then I am a programmer so I can handle current linux desktops, but may be non-programmers would find the current linux desktops a little difficult). If you do something right, then money will come to you. As far as I know, the salary of Linus Torvalds is $1 million per year. And as far as I know, 22-24 years ago he was probably not paid at all (before he joined Transmeta). My point is this - if you want to raise money then you have to talk to your target customers/companies and do what they ask for. Regards, Amit -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
