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Re: GNUstep Native Framework Support


From: Jeremy Bettis
Subject: Re: GNUstep Native Framework Support
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 09:53:23 -0500

From: "Saso Kiselkov" <address@hidden>
I wanted to avoid using some platform-specific hacking in order to extended
support to the platform hated by any serious developer: Windows.

This is my fundamental problem with OSS in general: The very idea that all "serious" developers hate Windows is a derangement. Look if you don't want to program in Windows, just stay out of the way, but don't insult those serious developers who make their living there. I know perhaps only Saso feels this way, and I am not ascribing this view to all gnustep developers, but the project does seem to have more anti-windows zealots than the average.

Windows has some quirks, and is very different from Unix, but that doesn't make it a terrible place to develop software. In many areas, it has a more stable and/or efficient structure. It's just that those areas are not where Unix excels ( i.e.. multi-user, mem management, multitasking, etc.), instead they are in the areas that a single user would notice. (graphics performance, multithreading, etc.)

The huge benefit of writing software for windows is that there are millions of potential customers for you to sell/give your software to.

The current Frameworks code in CVS seems to be working fine on windows, let's let it be.




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