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This is not going to happen and Serif Europe have made that crystal clear. It would be far better for everyone to head over to CodeWeavers' website and ask them to make the Affinity range a priority for their CrossOver product.
In the meantime, using the Affinity softwares on Linux via a Windows VM works well or there is the alternative Bottles/Wine route to try out. 

Windows is responsible for creating thumbnail previews and requires so-called preview handlers. For .heif/.heic, there is a free extension for this in the Windows Store.

More likely is Canva's media people want to see everything first and/or Canva are still evolving the road map?
 
NO, and I would not like to have updates every two weeks. That is a bad sign for software.

The problem is that for the last quarter century Linux oscillates between  1% and 4.5% of the desktop market. (I don't think it ever quite hits 5%)  
In the last 30 years, but effectively (since Win 3.0) the same 25-year time period, Windows has gone from zero to about 80% of the desktop market until OSX and Apple took off. Apple  "only" hold 15% but that is overwhelmingly in the professional media/arts market, a target for Affinity, BMD etc.  Also the Apple users do spend money.  

Apple and Windows have a tightly controlled road-map that, under NDA's companies could have access to years in advance. There is nothing comparable for Linux.
 

The problem is that for the last quarter century Linux oscillates between  1% and 4.5% of the desktop market. (I don't think it ever quite hits 5%)  
In the last 30 years, but effectively (since Win 3.0) the same 25-year time period, Windows has gone from zero to about 80% of the desktop market until OSX and Apple took off. Apple  "only" hold 15% but that is overwhelmingly in the professional media/arts market, a target for Affinity, BMD etc.  Also the Apple users do spend money.  

Apple and Windows have a tightly controlled road-map that, under NDA's companies could have access to years in advance. There is nothing comparable for Linux.
 

More likely is Canva's media people want to see everything first and/or Canva are still evolving the road map?
 
NO, and I would not like to have updates every two weeks. That is a bad sign for software.

Because you never get stable software.  Adding in lots of small things requires a lot of regression testing for unexpected side effects. You never end up fully testing the system. Also, you have problems adding larger changes that take weeks or months to do if you are releasing every couple of weeks. It is an extremely inefficient way of working, and you rarely ever get bug free software.

More likely is Canva's media people want to see everything first and/or Canva are still evolving the road map?
 
NO, and I would not like to have updates every two weeks. That is a bad sign for software.

Adobe are raising their subscription price in order to cover the new AI features they seem to want more than any of their customers do.
Windows Recall continues to be a security nightmare and the worst idea in the history of computing.
Windows 10 is rapidly approaching the cliff, and many people with perfectly good PCs cannot upgrade to 11 without buying new hardware.
The next couple of years will see a lot of people looking for an alternative. This would be the perfect time to capture that market with a product people actually want.

Not at all. IF they want to expand in to the professional markets and eat adobe's lunch, then they will increase staff and investment.
As for proprietary code. That works both ways.

It is still a single point failure.
So no planning, no future road map. All this takes time and effort,  No sanity checks.
How long does a full regression test take?  

I have no idea but I do know it can't be a full-time job for him. As a one-man company he is Developer, test department, project manager, Accountant, Company Secretary, MD, Marketing department, Sales department and Webmaster.  Serif have multiple people doing most of those roles.     So whilst it is impressive what one person has done, it is also a single point of failure.
If a Serif developer gets hit by the proverbial bus, there are others that will carry on. (and the other roles are not affected)  If NumericPath Oy has *ANY* problem, the whole thing stops.   This is why there are several thousand obsolete and unsupported Linux Distros. All developed by one person or a couple of friends and when they find other things to do.... Actually it was the same with most Public Domain software from the 1980s  as the developer found other things became more important in their life the software stopped.
Actually I personally know of half a dozen companies of 1-4 people that stopped because the primary driver retired, found a better paid job, had an illness or a family problem.
NOTE I am not knocking NumericPath Oy, or his software, just stating the way of the world and the evidence I have seen for the last 40 years. Unless NumericPath Oy, becomes a multi person company or is bought out, I would not depend on his software.
The same is happening with Serif at a different level in that they now have a lot more resources and back up for development.   Though remember that Canva bought Serif because, primarily, it fits with Canva's plans Serif's plans are secondary no matter how much good will there was at the purchase. 

Because you never get stable software.  Adding in lots of small things requires a lot of regression testing for unexpected side effects. You never end up fully testing the system. Also, you have problems adding larger changes that take weeks or months to do if you are releasing every couple of weeks. It is an extremely inefficient way of working, and you rarely ever get bug free software.

I have no idea but I do know it can't be a full-time job for him. As a one-man company he is Developer, test department, project manager, Accountant, Company Secretary, MD, Marketing department, Sales department and Webmaster.  Serif have multiple people doing most of those roles.     So whilst it is impressive what one person has done, it is also a single point of failure.
If a Serif developer gets hit by the proverbial bus, there are others that will carry on. (and the other roles are not affected)  If NumericPath Oy has *ANY* problem, the whole thing stops.   This is why there are several thousand obsolete and unsupported Linux Distros. All developed by one person or a couple of friends and when they find other things to do.... Actually it was the same with most Public Domain software from the 1980s  as the developer found other things became more important in their life the software stopped.
Actually I personally know of half a dozen companies of 1-4 people that stopped because the primary driver retired, found a better paid job, had an illness or a family problem.
NOTE I am not knocking NumericPath Oy, or his software, just stating the way of the world and the evidence I have seen for the last 40 years. Unless NumericPath Oy, becomes a multi person company or is bought out, I would not depend on his software.
The same is happening with Serif at a different level in that they now have a lot more resources and back up for development.   Though remember that Canva bought Serif because, primarily, it fits with Canva's plans Serif's plans are secondary no matter how much good will there was at the purchase. 

Because you never get stable software.  Adding in lots of small things requires a lot of regression testing for unexpected side effects. You never end up fully testing the system. Also, you have problems adding larger changes that take weeks or months to do if you are releasing every couple of weeks. It is an extremely inefficient way of working, and you rarely ever get bug free software.

Because you never get stable software.  Adding in lots of small things requires a lot of regression testing for unexpected side effects. You never end up fully testing the system. Also, you have problems adding larger changes that take weeks or months to do if you are releasing every couple of weeks. It is an extremely inefficient way of working, and you rarely ever get bug free software.

I have no idea but I do know it can't be a full-time job for him. As a one-man company he is Developer, test department, project manager, Accountant, Company Secretary, MD, Marketing department, Sales department and Webmaster.  Serif have multiple people doing most of those roles.     So whilst it is impressive what one person has done, it is also a single point of failure.
If a Serif developer gets hit by the proverbial bus, there are others that will carry on. (and the other roles are not affected)  If NumericPath Oy has *ANY* problem, the whole thing stops.   This is why there are several thousand obsolete and unsupported Linux Distros. All developed by one person or a couple of friends and when they find other things to do.... Actually it was the same with most Public Domain software from the 1980s  as the developer found other things became more important in their life the software stopped.
Actually I personally know of half a dozen companies of 1-4 people that stopped because the primary driver retired, found a better paid job, had an illness or a family problem.
NOTE I am not knocking NumericPath Oy, or his software, just stating the way of the world and the evidence I have seen for the last 40 years. Unless NumericPath Oy, becomes a multi person company or is bought out, I would not depend on his software.
The same is happening with Serif at a different level in that they now have a lot more resources and back up for development.   Though remember that Canva bought Serif because, primarily, it fits with Canva's plans Serif's plans are secondary no matter how much good will there was at the purchase. 

By no means extreme. Face it—VectorStyler is an impressive piece of work, but it’s in no way ready to be adopted by businesses. There's not even a company behind it. I can use it for the things Affinity can't handle in specific parts of a project, but after years of use, I’ve never once used it for a major project without constantly running into bugs and oddities—and you see them reported just as often and clearly as I do on the forum. They're fixed impressively fast, but apparently arise just as quickly. I gave VectorStyler several years of chance, but I've almost given up.
In any case, there's nothing behind it but one man, and it shows. VectorStyler deserves a better fate, but just like with Serif, far too few resources are paralyzing—though Serif at least has a company setup behind it.
An impressive one-man effort and loyal users doing free work isn’t enough—for Serif or VectorStyler. It’s hard to explain in a forum weighed down by people who have no insight into how software is acquired, deployed, used and selected by businesses—because they come from a very different customer segment. The one Serif tried to live off for decades, and never moved beyond. 
And I understand Serif’s fate more and more for the same reason. Companies create products that exist in the same altitude as their own mindset and expertise. With Affinity, you don’t get altitude sickness.

Because you never get stable software.  Adding in lots of small things requires a lot of regression testing for unexpected side effects. You never end up fully testing the system. Also, you have problems adding larger changes that take weeks or months to do if you are releasing every couple of weeks. It is an extremely inefficient way of working, and you rarely ever get bug free software.

Because you never get stable software.  Adding in lots of small things requires a lot of regression testing for unexpected side effects. You never end up fully testing the system. Also, you have problems adding larger changes that take weeks or months to do if you are releasing every couple of weeks. It is an extremely inefficient way of working, and you rarely ever get bug free software.

Whatever your preference may be, it doesn’t matter how it ends if Serif and Canva can’t deliver stable releases — and right now, they absolutely can’t, and Serif never could! You’re waiting for a stable 2.6, but it still hasn’t arrived with 2.6.3, and it might never get there, since more bug fixes are being pushed to version 2.7 — which is on track to be completely sabotaged by new bugs that, if nothing changes, will ruin the 2.7.0 release and future releases as well!
Just look at VectorStyler, which releases frequently — and breaks just as frequently. It’s commercially unusable and unpredictably unstable. Serif’s less frequent releases aren’t much better — they’re also full of new and old bugs. Many users cling to versions 2.4 and 2.5.7 just to get work done.
It’s no use giving 90% of your customers unstable products all year just because 10% of them are constantly craving their feature sugar fix. If Canva wants to reach an enterprise audience in today’s market, it’s not about playing at being a big company — but about being one, by building a company culture that doesn’t inconvenience its customers, and that genuinely strives for quality. And if their best isn’t good enough, then they need to hire and work toward making it good enough.
The more advanced features these programs gain, the more professional users Affinity attracts, and the greater Canva’s responsibility becomes for their satisfaction — because it will also shape their own brand’s reputation and revenue.
It’s all about quality — and any method that does not lead to quality is therefore irrelevant.
In other words, Serif needs to stop staring at its own feet and this forum — and instead look outward, toward the world and the market.

Because you never get stable software.  Adding in lots of small things requires a lot of regression testing for unexpected side effects. You never end up fully testing the system. Also, you have problems adding larger changes that take weeks or months to do if you are releasing every couple of weeks. It is an extremely inefficient way of working, and you rarely ever get bug free software.

The best form of communication is quality.

Exactly. "Whom" is the crucial point. 
Thanks. I’ll have to read that. The mention of Joel Spolsky is reassuring.
I see your book and raise you with:
https://www.idealsvdr.com/blog/worst-mergers-and-acquisitions-in-history-of-data-rooms/

Right for whom?  That is the Question.
To extend your point, this is a fantastic book  https://goodreads.com/book/show/1191767.In_Search_of_Stupidity