I Can Has Linux? » Blog Archive » Linux and the most-wanted Windows applications, pt1

I was browsing today and stumbled across yet another blog entry on "what applications are needed to enable me to switch to linux." Here is an excerpt...

I Can Has Linux? » Blog Archive » Linux and the most-wanted Windows applications, pt1:
"The list isn’t all too surprising, most of the big-ticket applications are listed:

1. QuickBooks
2. AutoCAD
3. Photoshop
4. iTunes
5. Dreamweaver
6. Visio
7. Lotus Notes
8. Quicken
9. Macromedia Studio
10. Act!

Nothing unexpected here, although you can tell this survey ended up with more business respondents than home users. Although with iTunes at number 4, you can tell that the home users still made a big showing."

People will try applications and then complain they don't work like so-and-so. My answer: so what! The point isn't to make a program work exactly like another program. If you must have iTunes (instead of the far superior Amarok) then stick with Windows or OSX. If the makers of these applications do not wish to support Linux, that's there business. The fact is that most Linux users are so used to the concept of Free or Open Source software that they wouldn't use proprietary applications like Photoshop or Quicken even if they were made available and I doubt that many people would make the switch to Linux just because they are available.