Re: GNUstep Native Framework Support

[Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf]

Am Donnerstag, 08.09.05 um 16:53 Uhr schrieb Jeremy Bettis:

> The huge benefit of writing software for windows is that there are 
> millions of potential customers for you to sell/give your software to.

The huge benefit of running windows is that there are millions of 
"friends" who offer you to share their stolen software.

Sorry, I simply could not resist here. It might sound odd but I heart 
of many developers who were surprised on how much they actually could 
sell to Mac users despite the minor market share OS X has. I think it 
is a well pampered urban legend that the "huge Windows-market" makes 
you earning big profits. Never forget that the biggest piece of cake 
attracts the most hungry birds (e.g. competitors) and that the "warez" 
subculture flourishes there.

regards, Lars

p.s.: I have no objections against you as a windows developer, I merely 
just don't share the common views on that market. Nevertheless I think 
a stable Windows Version of GNUstep is very important - but this is 
another story than above: GNUstep is free software, so no profit 
problems here.