[cw-discuss] Some of us have to WORK! (was: Re: Crossover Games?)

[bill at sunsouthwest.com]

Jeremy White wrote:

 > You're very much not the only one who feels that way; I get
 > that comment a fair amount.

 > And you've expressed it exactly the same way everyone else
 > that makes that comment does:

 > "Why are you working on this other thing
 > I don't care about? You should work on the one thing *I* want."

 > And while I'm teasing you a bit there, I do know that we
 > can make mistakes in judgement, so it's very important to me
 > that we listen carefully.

Due to ms' stumble with Vista, you have an opportunity.

Many small businesses are FORCED to use ms products for
one reason and one reason only - Quickbooks.

Either SOMEBODY has to put together a Linux QB work-alike
accounting system, or some way has to be found to hire the guy
who CAN find and de-fuse the Intuit and ms booby-traps that
continue to trip up Wine and others who need to know what's
going on inside the closed ms system.

So, now you have found a gamer programmer?

How about the WORKING class of the world?

I see ReactOS' schedule might get around to IE6/7 sometime
in a couple years (ReactOS folks also work closely with Wine
in sharing 'inside info' about ms' closed products) IE is required
to run Quickbooks. So, for now, is .NET although I believe
ms has scheduled it for retirement in a few more years.

If they ever get close, your 'window of opportunity' will close.

The business world wants an alternative to ms - if you don't do it
somebody else will, and, if you don't, they'll be eating your lunch.

Bill at sunsouthwest.com