nope , that's definitely not my point Conway.
First of all - as stated I'd be happy to pay for stripped version.
Secondly - I'm not insisting , but kindly asking . And yeah, it comes simply from the fact the same product is available on other platforms, while it seems there's no Linux version of Fusion "Basic" in the works even though Studio is . So in theory it shouldn't be difficult to do.
Lastly - chill out. You're happy to run any system - go for it. Personally I find Linux with Gnome desktop an environment I feel the most efficient and comfortable working in. Just to give you a bit of perspective - I'm not telling you which car you should drive don't tell me which should I use
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And yeah I've considered Mac as the workflow is similar - but sadly brings a whole lot other issues. 3-4 years ago it would be a no brainer, nowadays it is not. Hackintosh is out of the question - unstable and hardly legal.
Also I have a Win partition , but in my work it is too often a real pain to deal with (no hard feeling towards this platform tough - it's simply a sum of small annoyances that made me quit on Win).
Chad Capeland wrote:There's little risk in a studio with 200 users running OSX with the free Fusion. The Mac's are too expensive to make it worthwhile. Same with Windows.
Really? I mean REALLY? You can run Win on exactly the same type of machines that Linux can, so the cost is exactly the same. Even if you add the cost of the OS (oh and btw - win 10 will be free in the first year) it is only a nuisance - times have changed and Win is very cheap nowadays (especially if you buy it bundled with your machine).
Basically the only thing I can think of that makes sense is that BMD is a tad worried about increased customer service costs (requests) that such version can bring. But I'm pretty sure with proper approach those could be avoided.
So all in all - BMD if you could make it , that would be awesome
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