Re: The Path of GNUstep (Was: Re: Gnustep + mac + windows? Possib

[Dean Bittner]

Hi All,

As a GNUstep developer, I have two perspectives that I'd like to share. 
 It's an important discussion.

First, purely as a programmer, objective-c and the gnustep API energize 
my creativity, curiousity, and power me along in the exploration of my 
ideas.  I also see sufficient support and progress of 'the kit' which 
makes me less concerned about it 'rotting' out from under my code over 
the coming years, and there is a good level of compatibility with os x, 
a commercial alternative that is not likely to disappear any time soon. 
 I am doing all my new work for gnustep and mac os x.

Secondly, as a business person, I must be able to deliver my work on 
the platform that my customer prefers or is already using.  They, in 
most cases, have overwhelming reasons for their choice, and it just 
makes a happy customer.  I'm hoping that the cygwin or mingw port will 
enable me to continue to develop and work in my preferred environs and 
deliver in that preferred by many customers.  And, I may be able to 
bend a few along the way.

Call me pragmatic ...

Dean