Thompson and Ritchie were among the first to realize that hardware and compiler technology had become good enough that an entire operating system could be written in C, and by 1978 the whole environment had been successfully ported to several machines of different types.
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So, if you're looking to get Photoshop ported to Linux, you might give these suggestions a try in the meantime.
The Innovation Centers have been working really well for IBM, ... When a vendor approaches them and says they want to partner, IBM asks them, 'Have you ported to Linux' and, if they haven't, IBM recommends the centers to help them with tools to migrate to Linux.