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Yeah, this decision makes business sense for Amazon. Updating a Linux client is a nice gesture but affects a very small parentage of desktop users.

• peterdemin 6y ago
  That strikes me how enthusiasts can manage Linux software for free, but multibillion corporation cuts it for “business sense”.
  • chipotle_coyote 6y ago
    It's precisely because the enthusiasts are doing it for free that makes it viable. When a corporation manages Linux software, even if the software is freely available, they're paying for support time -- and if they're developing the software, as in this case, the development time.
    • danilocesar 6y ago
      exactly! Another way to see it: engineering is the easy/cheap part. Testing, supporting, maintaining and marketing are way more expensive, and those are long-term expenses. The enthusiast usually thinks about the engineering bits, and when he's done with it he's done with it. Enterprise software is not like that - or shouldn't be :)
  • mdoms 6y ago
    There are lots of things I do for free that multibillion dollar corporations would consider a cost centre. Amazon also doesn't maintain my garden.