Of course, its up to the authors...
But that's playing to Window's strengths.
Run the "good" apps on Windows, until Microsoft gets "good enough" to include a free version....
We've seen it before. :)
They're happy to let other people do the hard work, start balls rolling, and THEN coming and and cutting legs out from under.
So I'm not certain this is a *really* good thing. It would be if Windows were merely one choice, but with them being the dominant.... It doesn't help that much at all.
It *might* weaken the M$ apps lock some... But as long as you're using Windows as the OS, that's quickly changeable.
Addison