Linux World domination (was Re: [NCLUG] PC for Linux (Ubuntu))

[Grant Johnson]

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> I do disagree that it's "vanishingly small percentage of the total 
> number of paid developers", and I've never seen any stats anywhere to 
> support such an argument, and walking thru any shrink wrap isle 
> suggests otherwise. Can you please cite?
>
> One of the problems with advocating Linux on the desktop is quite the 
> opposite ... all the good titles are shrink wrap, and are not ported 
> to Linux because some in the FOSS movement are very hostile to 
> proprietary binary only products. This creates a chicken and egg 
> problem, which slows Linux progress on the desktop. Ditto with 
> servers, where a lot of core business application are developed only 
> for Microsoft Servers, and they refuse to port to Linux. Browse the 
> shrink wrap software section, and look for titles that install on 
> Linux. Nearly all MS PC, with some Mac.
>
How many people on this list make their living writing software?   I am 
sure quite a few.   I have known many people over my life who write 
software for a living.   Hundreds probably.   How many that make 
shrink-wrapped stuff?   One.