just wondering .... when will coreldraw be available on linux?
today, corel is the only application which holds me back from switching
Unfortuntely, business are business. Linux is a very good and powerful operating system, but still is too small and almost all is for free and the company don't see advantadges to develop an entire new version (more than a million of codelines, too much work) without receive enough. More important than Linuex, Corel must develop a new and native version for Mac, similar size of marketplace but special for graphic design. When Corel develops their own CorelLinux and CorelDRAW for Linux, the company was unprofitable, by contrast, won only enemies and was on the brink of chaos.
I agree that is more intersting develop for Mac and don't understand why haven't a native version for that system yet.
I understand too the concern about low profit in linux but not everyting is for free. We have good paid programs. No one cares to pay a program that will solve our problems.
Furthermore Corel need only open the program code on a license that allows the Linux community to develop but that guarantees the right to sell the final product. The only cost to Corel would create a repository of development and develop few libs as the filter to read and write files on cdr.
As for enemies. Develop for any system other than the current, Corel will have an enemy. So it's no use worrying about it if they wish to expand further and keep it always on top of the segment.
X5 is tightly integrated with new features in Windows 7, so it appears that development for Mac or Linux is likely not happening. I would use a linux workstation myself if I could run CorelDraw on it.