Re: These NeXTbuntu guys

[Andrew Sveikauskas]

I hope that this does not seem like a waste of time to others, but, I 
think someone should wrote a really solid "open letter" to this guy to 
let him and others know that he's mistaken, to get the good word out 
about GNUstep.

The first glaring points that come to mind is:

1. Misunderstanding Ubuntu
Ubuntu didn't write Gnome, nautilus, dpkg, CUPS, samba, or any other 
of the thousands of packages it pulls together, from scratch.  They 
drew on the work of others, making enhancements, writing scripts, etc. 
 This guy doesn't seem to understand that.  He writes that GNUstep is 
"not mainstream"; well, if he really feels that's the case he should 
work on getting it there, as the Ubuntu people did for Gnome, a 
project long accused of never being mainstream.

2. The 'NS' issue
Obviously everyone on this list knows that 'GS' classes/functions 
should be considered sort of "private", and that applications that use 
them directly are generally being sketchy.  Point out that this is in 
fact _better_ for Mac compatibility, as let's say GNUstep introduces 
class NSFoo, then Apple introduces their own distinct NSFoo later, and 
that means breakage.  GSFoo would save us from that.

3. Horzontal menus
Point out "defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSMenuInterfaceStyle 
NSMacintoshInterfaceStyle", maybe conceed that it could use a 
convenient GUI in some as-of-yet-unwritten desktop environment.

4. Cocoa compatibility
Point out that it's a large goal, highlight NIB work, etc.

5. Difference between dev tools and desktop
Maybe conceed that it would be nice if more people worked on an 
integrated desktop solution based on GNUstep, invite and welcome 
people that wish to do this, etc.

Just some thoughts on what I'd write, were I to counter this guy.  I 
think it might be a good idea.  A lot of you seem to think it's better 
just to ignore him.

Andrew

On 2006-08-27 01:50:01 -0400 Gregory John Casamento 
<greg_casamento@yahoo.com> wrote:

> http://nextbuntu.wordpress.com/
>
> Boy, this guy is a riot.  Did you see his latest?
> Later, GJC
> --
> Gregory John Casamento
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