Can someone tell me what this means?

This may be part of it, but I don't think it's a major factor. I know numerous people/customers running both, and as far as I can tell, the perception is: Linux==free, Win/Mac/Commercial=Pay (or steal - but at least *most* people know they are stealing on some level). There are many sides - My impression is that Linux users (even the same users who purchased non-linux versions) just *think* it should be free... This means a lower initial market, and also a higher likelyhood that the software will get "passed around" (and not considered to be theft). I made the decision that there just wasn't enough sales in it to justify the development and administrative costs. In my case, I would have had to do the development, endure the support costs, and I do believe it would have impacted other sales, because my tools are used in software development for non-windows platforms - many of the people in my market did (and do) run Linux boxes. I didn't mind when existing customers said "I would like to see a Linux version", but I got lots of "how about free linux versions" from people I'd never heard of. And I'm probably more liberal than many vendors - I often give my stuff away. I recognize that many people who did "pirate" it would not have purchased it and I'm OK with that (Unlike companies who claim "we lost $$$ million last year due to piracy" - counting every copy made as if it would have been a guaranteed sale). In an ideal world, everyone would pay what it was worth to them... I just didn't have the time to do freebies, and I did not see a revenue stream worth the effort... Dave -- dave06a (at) Dave Dunfield dunfield (dot) Firmware development services & tools: www.dunfield.com com Collector of vintage computing equipment: http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/index.html