The point I was making is if Photoshop was open source then someone would alter it to run on Linux. As you stated, the incompatibilities are developers choices to increase profits at the expense of the users freedom. OS gives people the option to alter it to run however they like. Even an open document format would be nice...
I hear of plenty of people not running Linux purely because they can't use certain applications. The most prominent of which is Photoshop. If Photoshop could be run on Linux then I'm confident there would be a dramatic rise in the Linux install base.
So you can see why Google have funded better WINE support for Photoshop. I'd rather they funded GIMP development but it's still very welcome support from Google.
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I hear of plenty of people not running Linux purely because they can't use certain applications. The most prominent of which is Photoshop. If Photoshop could be run on Linux then I'm confident there would be a dramatic rise in the Linux install base.
So you can see why Google have funded better WINE support for Photoshop. I'd rather they funded GIMP development but it's still very welcome support from Google.