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>the app library on Windows is probably going to be the best on the desktop for at least another 10 years if not longer. The app market will very quick shift i

>the app library on Windows is probably going to be the best on the desktop for at least another 10 years if not longer. The app market will very quick shift if linux really starts to get the ball rolling. Just look how quickly developers jump on the mobile train.

jchw 8y ago
>Just look how quickly developers jump on the mobile train. Interesting. I don't feel similarly about the progress of mobile apps. Like sure, there's a lot of mobile apps, but I feel like they are a lot less mature and developed than desktop apps are. I would guess by development effort spent, desktop apps still outpace mobile apps. Don't get me wrong, I get that games and apps must be adapted for the amount of system resources and for the input devices users will be using. But that doesn't mean PS Touch is the same as Photoshop. It feels like a toy version of Photoshop that you can use in a pinch between having access to real Photoshop. I doubt the same number of people hours went into both. Linux ports couldn't work that way. You would want the same thing you have on Windows.
- merlinsbrain 8y ago
  People used to pay a lot of money for desktop apps on windows - a lot of businesses used “enterprise software” since web apps were not a thing. There are still companies / labs across the world that are clinging to older windows versions since they rely on them for desktop apps. Mobile apps? In-app purchases and subscriptions are the saving grace there. You get what you pay for.
pjmlp 8y ago
There is money to be made on mobile, which is something that will never work on Linux desktops.
AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
I doubt it. Developing and deploying a commercial application for Linux is a nightmare compared to other platforms, largely because Linux isn't a platform and instead you have to target several different distributions and even different versions of those distributions because the concept of a stable and consistent base system is completely alien to the Linux Desktop.

jchw 8y ago

>Just look how quickly developers jump on the mobile train. Interesting. I don't feel similarly about the progress of mobile apps. Like sure, there's a lot of mobile apps, but I feel like they are a lot less mature and developed than desktop apps are. I would guess by development effort spent, desktop apps still outpace mobile apps. Don't get me wrong, I get that games and apps must be adapted for the amount of system resources and for the input devices users will be using. But that doesn't mean PS Touch is the same as Photoshop. It feels like a toy version of Photoshop that you can use in a pinch between having access to real Photoshop. I doubt the same number of people hours went into both. Linux ports couldn't work that way. You would want the same thing you have on Windows.

merlinsbrain 8y ago
People used to pay a lot of money for desktop apps on windows - a lot of businesses used “enterprise software” since web apps were not a thing. There are still companies / labs across the world that are clinging to older windows versions since they rely on them for desktop apps. Mobile apps? In-app purchases and subscriptions are the saving grace there. You get what you pay for.

pjmlp 8y ago

There is money to be made on mobile, which is something that will never work on Linux desktops.

AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago

I doubt it. Developing and deploying a commercial application for Linux is a nightmare compared to other platforms, largely because Linux isn't a platform and instead you have to target several different distributions and even different versions of those distributions because the concept of a stable and consistent base system is completely alien to the Linux Desktop.