Re: Discuss-gnustep Digest, Vol 12, Issue 37

[Fred Kiefer]

Calvin Mitchell wrote:
> 1) a WEB SITE DEVELOPMENT tool that rivals Dreamweaver
> 2) a music writing/editing/sequencing/notation suite
> of apps that rivals Igor Engraver/Finale/SONAR
> 3) a ChessBase database-compatible app that will at
> least import ChessBase files
> 4) a knock 'em dead WEB BROWSER (this should've been
> done a LONG TIME AGO--how in the !@#$ is GNUstep going
> to survive without a NATIVE WEB BROWSER????)
> 5) A FLASH/FLASH-compatible DEVELOPMENT
> ENVIRONMENT!!!!!
> 6) an OFFICE PRODUCTIVITY SUITE that takes advantage
> of Objective-C's AWESOME POWER!!!
> 7) A GAMING API to rival DIRECT-X

Hi Calvin,

as music writing shows up second in your "conquer the world" list you 
may be interested in http://www.musickit.org/.

> if we can come up with apps/libs in these seven areas,
> GNUstep will prosper long after the HURD has replaced
> the bloated Linux kernel.

Hopefully we get there before HURD takes over, which might still take a 
bit of time. GNUstep has been a slow project, but HURD is still unsurpassed.

Fred