? Try and find software that runs on more than one version of Linux/Unix. Apple, please that is the same as the eccentric aunt coming over for tea. Those will never hold the market as long as there are x number of versions out there.
I am not a MS-bot by any means but they have the market via one version of their OS, so resistance is futile.
Ummm, what?
Software built from source will run on nearly any flavor of Linux and most proprietary Unixes.
Binary compatibility can be problematic but most modern Linux flavors can either install binary packages from other Linux flavors directly or can convert them to their native format.
For instance, the proprietary Cisco VPN client that my job requires comes in a RedHat RPM. On Ubuntu, I run alien on the RPM and it converts to a Debian/Ubuntu DEB file. Then I installed the DEB. It works fine.
Such a thing only needs to be done once. The problems with Vista stay with you for as long as you use it.
Except that the "eccentric aunt" doesn't nag me, doesn't restrict my activities, keeps everything in her house in good working order, doesn't break my stuff and makes everything easy to find and use.
We should all be so lucky.