Re: GNUstep on MS Windows (Oh boy...i've done it now!)

[Calvin Mitchell]

Thanks for your feedback, Roland (btw...Roland is my beloved cousin's 
name)!

i respect the investment you've made in GNUstep on Windows.

This makes me curious...what is your company's current investment in 
the Windows platform?

What i mean is: how many apps that run on Windows does your company 
ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE to function?

Would there be any linux/*nix equivalent to these apps?

I myself ABSOLUTELY NEED my music notation software, which only runs 
on Windows. I've managed to get it installed and running on linux 
using the WINE project...would this be possible for any of your 
company's critical Windows apps?

I'm not demanding that everyone on the list abandon Windows 
development...but we should be looking for ways to INCH and WOO those 
in the Windows world we collaborate with toward a more sound/reliable 
platform...and perhaps GNUstep on Windows is one way to do that (hats 
off to Dennis).

That being said...i think it would be foolish to assume that the Roman 
Empire would've lasted forever <grin>.


--
Calvin Mitchell
IT Professional, Pianist, Composer, Author
http://www.geocities.com/calvin674/
calvin674@yahoo.com
On 2003-12-04 11:33:50 -0500 Roland Schwingel 
<Roland.Schwingel@onevision.de> wrote:

> Hi...
>
> > Realizing that GWorkspace is part and parcel of a
> > particular project (desktop operating evironment on
> > *nix) within the greater framework of GNUstep's
> > mission...
> >
> > ...and Realizing that i'm neither qualified nor worthy
> > to tie the shoes of any of you professional-class
> > programmers...
> >
> > Why don't we just let WinDoze die?
> Well... From my point of view...
>
> GNUstep is a wonderful crossplatform environment, and for sure
> this is one reason why a not so small group of people use it. Killing
> windows support would also mean kill GNUstep at all -- seen on a 
> longer
> period ...
> Being able to develop for different platforms is IMHO one of the key
> features of
> GNUstep.
>
> There was lots of effort in making it work on different platforms
> especially
> on windows this shouldn't be thrown away!
>
> At least we love GNUstep and use GNUstep heavily on windows and it is 
> very
> bad
> if we would have to use something different.
>
> Btw: GNUstep-base runs marvelous on windows!
>
> Just my $0.02,
>
> Roland