1. So, why not make a commercial version ? If Linux wants to be seen as "professional" it needs professional companies providing professional software. This is my main argument against Linux. I tried to use Linux professionally 10 years ago but was stumped by a total lack of professional software. Nothing seems to have changed in 10 years. Unlike Serif, Wine is already well established in Linux and could potentially have a much bigger impact and bigger market than Serif.
2. Sure, but licensing can be sorted at a price. What software company would turn down a few thousand extra sales ?
3. Agreed. 100%, but as I said, there are thousands of software programs that would become available. It's the chicken and egg thing, maybe if enough professional software companies saw that their software was being used on Linux systems (under emulation) that would encourage them to produce a native version. Especially if at the beginning, peripheral apps would not have to be developed as native versions.
