Re: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt

[Alex Perez]

Florent, your mailbox is disabled, probably because it's full.

On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Florent Pillet wrote:

> I'd go farther than that. A Windows port itself is not enough. What is 
> needed is a way to somehow shrink-wrap an application with the GNUStep 
> frameworks so that, in the end, the user just has to run an installer 
> and doesn't need to know that GS is the running support for the app.
> 
> I don't know how this can be done (or has been planned for) from an 
> architectural point of view.
Yes, it is possible and is done right now, without even needing an 
installer (app can go on CD), and if you'd actually read my previous 
e-mails thoroughly, you'd have seen me saying so.
> 
> OTOH, if Apple would somehow revive the Yellow box I'd be happy too. 
> I'd even be happy to pay for it, as long as it allows me to seamlessly 
> port my apps...
You can wish for this, but it will not change the fact that Apple will 
*NEVER* revive YellowBox because they have far too much of an interest in 
seeing their expensive hardware sold. Once again, corporate self-interest 
(which is understandable) affecting business decisions is something that 
GNUstep is immune from.

> 
> Florent
> 
> On 4 févr. 04, at 10:49, Philip Mötteli wrote:
> 
> > Well, I feel a huge interest here in using GNUstep as a porting means.
> > The problem is, as I already mentionned right in my first posting of 
> > the thread you mentionned, that GS needs to complete the Windows port 
> > as much as possible. That's actually the only frequent complaint I 
> > see. And I do agree with that. I just don't agree with people 
> > complaining and not wanting to help with one line of code. And I don't 
> > think, that rewriting, debugging and maintaining a whole interface 
> > layer themselves, will cost their clients less, than completing 
> > gnustep-gui.
> >
>