jdow wrote: >> "Craig White" <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Indeed Windows has the lion's share of the desktop market which is what >> most computer users are using and that is fine. Linux is just another >> option, and probably a viable option for many computer users and >> certainly not a viable option for many computer users. >> >> To suggest that the GPL license is the reason that most software >> companies don't market software to Linux users is simply not true. > > Show me where I used the GPL license, the GPL initials, or directly > implied either in my original posting. I had entirely other issues > in mind that suggest that some people will some times find that > Windows is their best tool for a given task. On your message of Thu, 27 Jul 2006 20:40:10 -0700 you happen to mention: "Of course, Windows machines have purposes in life - running software and hardware features that cannot or will not appear on Linux due to conflicts and doubts with GPL." So, I suppose Craig misunderstood what you meant by that.