myth # 1 : companies are porting sw to linux

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myth # 1 : companies are porting sw to linux
by v m on Monday 09/Jul/2007, @18:28

The only s/w that gets "ported" in any significant number is J2EE apps - these are x-platform anyway. The others are server-side apps. It is so common to see commercial cos port only the server side of a client-server app. Remaining are some apps, usually insignificant in use or scope, simple enough to be ported or a lousy config app, such as ATI's control centre (after a lot of pressure from FSF/stallman/RH/gnome).

Cos are not porting sophisticated commercial desktop apps to linux, definitely not using GTK because it is a huge pain to do so and not worth the effort. Very little s/w in fact is ported to even OS X, much less linux.

gnome pushers never get tired of lies and FUD, even though they should know from experience that it doesn't help anyone.

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