Desktop Linux (fwd)

[Travis Roy]

>> I'm not saying a commercial software package can't work for Linux,
>> but in the past it hasn't for many Linux game companies,
>
> The only company I know of who falls into that category is Loki, and
> as I mentioned elsewhere, they failed because the managment gutted the
> company, not because they weren't selling titles...

Corel and Wordperfect also made commercial software for Linux.

I did find this:

http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxCommercialApplications.html

>>> I think that Linux will start to see that growth in 2004/2005, and I
>>> think that the ISVs are already porting.
>>
>> That's been said over and over. When I see it, then I'll be excitied. 
>> I
>> myself still use Windows on the desktop at work, and OSX on the 
>> desktop at
>> home. I use Linux for my servers but that's about it. And even there 
>> I'm
>> thinking strongly of switching to FreeBSD.
>
> So then, why are you here?  Just to try to bring the rest of us down?

To get help with my Linux problems, and to help others with their Linux 
problems if I have the answer.