This is my favorite -- "! Applications development is a major PITA. Different distros can use a) different libraries versions b) different compiler flags c) different compilers. This leads to a number of problems raised to the third power. Packaging all dependent libraries is not a solution, because in this case your application may depend on older versions of libraries which contain serious remotely exploitable vulnerabilities."
Sometimes I explain it that Linux is roughly 65,000 different operating systems with the same name :-) It isn't as bad as that of course but the freedom to choose means that people do choose, and the challenges of selling your non-opensource software into that pool of choices is insurmountable to most companies.
Sometimes I explain it that Linux is roughly 65,000 different operating systems with the same name :-) It isn't as bad as that of course but the freedom to choose means that people do choose, and the challenges of selling your non-opensource software into that pool of choices is insurmountable to most companies.