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> Uh, for the same reasons they would do so on any other platform? Wrong. Windows is a closed source, proprietary platform. One would develop OSS for an OSS op
by ShabbosGoy 8y ago
> Uh, for the same reasons they would do so on any other platform?
Wrong. Windows is a closed source, proprietary platform. One would develop OSS for an OSS operating system.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoWhy would open source developers not want to target the desktop OS with the largest install base in the world? Not everyone in the OSS world is Richard Stallman, most just want to build and release software for people to actually use. (I say that as a full time Linux user, developer, and OSS advocate, btw).
- CamperBob2 8y agoOne nice thing about an open source application is that if you don't use (or simply don't like) the OS it runs on, you can port it to your OS of choice or hire someone to do it for you. Stallman himself would have no problem with that, if he's logically consistent.