Novell has taken it upon themselves to survey GNU/Linux users (at least I assume that’s who they’re targeting) to find out what Windows apps should be ported to Linux (http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tip/16646.html).

“The end result is that we will be contacting the vendors of these applications, asking them to partner with Novell to port their software to Linux,” said CoolSolutions site editor Scott Morris.

Strange…very strange indeed. I use GNU/Linux so that I won’t have to mess with Windows or its proprietary applications and their annoying licenses and access keys. Obviously, Novell is trying to reach out to people in the business world who need certain business applications, like Adobe Photoshop. Apparently the people at Adobe just don’t like making money. Even Dreamworks SKG, which runs all Linux-based desktops, couldn’t get them to port Photoshop to Linux, even though the rest of their proprietary friends did. So, they’re using Photoshop via VMware.

The whole thing seems rather silly to me.

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