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I> Perhaps you've misunderstood me; it's not that I think Orifice for
> Linux would be a useful tool for the likes of us; just that, once the
> apps are widely ported, there won't be the same pressure to use
> Windows; and once other software vendors can write just as
> effectively for Windows, there won't be the same pressure to use the
> Microsoft apps; if that happens, they've lost the stranglehold on the
> market, and that's good.

I'm afraid this makes no sense. It's as though you think Microsoft is
the only company that writes Windows software. They're not. MS could
port its entire portfolio of software, and it _still_ wouldn't make the
other software vendors port their software to the other platforms. They
just won't invest unless they think they can make more money porting
than not porting.

This phenomenon also is not unique to Windows. Way back in the day,
there were machines running MS-DOS which were not 100% IBM compatible.
The DEC Rainbow 100 is a good example. It ran MS-DOS or CP/M 86, or a
terminal emulator. It ran MS-DOS as well as popular DOS applications
like Lotus 1-2-3 v2 and dBase II.

But it never ran Lotus 1-2-3 v3 or dBase III because the vendors
weren't interested in supporting the platform. Even though it ran the
exact same operating system as the IBM PC.

I don't know why it would be different today.


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