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Re: amarok
by Daniel "Suslik" D. on Monday 25/Sep/2006, @10:03
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<em>Amarok is pretty much the only app that windows-users envy me for, it has already converted one of my friends. Unfortunately, it seems there will soon be a windows-version.</em>
There are 2 schools of thought about this:
1. If all the open source gems are also available on Windows, Windows users will never switch.
2. If all the open source gems are also available on Windows, once Windows users are used to using them, it will be easier to convince them to make the last step.
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Re: amarok
by ben on Monday 25/Sep/2006, @12:30
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Guess which school I am from :)
Switching operating systems is work. You have to invest a lot of time, for most people time better spent otherwise. This implies that you need a motivation sufficiently big to switch, which shrinks when both OSes have your apps.
I do agree with your last sentence though.
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Re: amarok
by Nicholas Robbins on Monday 25/Sep/2006, @12:46
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This is always tough to tell, and I think it changes for the person. I know I watched my sister slowly switch to free stuff, and learn the things that were linux only on my computer, and then switch the nth time her Windows box needed to be reformatted and/or crash on her.
On the other side, my step-father is trying to decide whether he can switch, because he's tired of upgrading his home box every few years for minimal benefits, but cannot switch due to his music stuff online. ( And Microsoft gains another monopoly somewhere that hurts every one ) Anyway, in the mean time, he's been trying to switch in the areas he can to open source to make his inevitable move easier.
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Re: amarok
by Johny on Wednesday 23/Jan/2008, @07:02
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I use both linux and windows.
I like both. I think it's great to be able to have the same set of apps on both.
People complain about IE only sites. The reason is not just the IE has problem, but also that it can restrict people to windows. I think people should be able to choose the operating system they like best, not the one which will give them all the good apps. So make windows, mac, and linux software available on all or at least most platforms. Isn't that what open source is about, using software how you want, not how makers dictate it to you?
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Re: amarok
by stripe4 on Monday 25/Sep/2006, @23:25
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I think porting Amarok to Windows would also gain more developers for the project.
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Re: amarok
by Alan Horkan on Sunday 01/Oct/2006, @04:35
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> porting Amarok to Windows
unfortunately porting Amarok to windows is not likely to help promote important standards like OGG.
As with many of the suggested ports to windows there is some concern about if it will be possible for windows ports to do all the things the KDE versions can do. It would be a terrible shame if people got the wrong idea about KDE.
> gain more developers for the project.
it will definately gain many more users in need of support and maybe some of those could be turned into contributors but it often takes a skilled maintainer to manage and encourage/mentor people in the right way to become active contributors. dont forget code is not the only form of contributions, documentation, marketing, usability, accessibility and translation can all be opportunities to put new users to work.
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