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<pre>On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 1:05 PM, AllenDavidNiven<br><AllenDavidNiven <at> globalfone.biz> wrote:<br>> who can i pay to make this on the wine that i have<br>> is $100 ok ?<br>><br><br>>That's generous of you, but also humorous. I can't remember the last<br>>estimate we had of how much work it would take, but it's on the order<br>>of tens of thousands of dollars. That's assuming it's not impossible<br>>to get the ipod touch/iphone driver working in Wine.<br><br>>-- <br>>James Hawkins<br><br>I don't know how many people I've shown linux who would convert if only it ran iTunes, I've demonstrated the operating system to dozens and it's a comon feedback I hear. Itunes is a major application and a huge inhibitor of linux adoption.<br>But unless we get tens of thousands of dollars up front we shouldn't focus development effort on a huge attraction to the Linux operating system and lets ridicule someone when they do offer monetary support because it isn't significant enough.<br>After all we don't want to vastly increase our potential customer base and potentially get several $70 per crossover professional license or $40 per standard license fees, but rather wait until someone writes a hefty check to port it up front. <br><br>If you build it they will come.<br></pre><br /><hr />Quick access to your favorite MSN content and Windows Live with Internet Explorer 8. <a href='http://ie8.msn.com/microsoft/internet-explorer-8/en-us/ie8.aspx?ocid=B037MSN55C0701A' target='_new'>Download FREE now!</a></body>
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