Re: Longhorn Killer

[Markus Hitter]

Am 22.03.2004 um 05:04 schrieb Gregory John Casamento:

> 4. Given a set of technologies, the worst one of the group will almost 
> always
> prevail since it is understandable to the lowest common denominator of 
> people

The worst one will prevail because the providing company/group has the 
most resources free for marketing? ;-)


With less kidding I'd say part of a good technology is a simple and 
easy to understand interface.

Just to take a well known example, if you look at e.g. the ssh set of 
commands/technology, you'll see a complex interface along with a hard 
to understand man page just to set up something as simple as a password 
pair.


GNUstep in opposite hides big parts of it's underlying technology to 
the user (application devloper). This makes GNUstep/OpenStep/Cocoa so 
powerful and (hopefully) successful in the long term.

Once a developer knows about GNUstep, he'll stick there. No need to 
learn anything new. Am I kidding? See #1.


Cheers,
Markus

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