Re: These NeXTbuntu guys

[Helge Hess]

On Aug 28, 2006, at 22:28, Joachim Schulz wrote:
> I'm all for cooperation. However, that doesn't mean
> beginning a dialogue with a gesture of submission.
> Our intent was not to ignore GNUstep. I agree, our
> first contact was more like a fender bender.
> But clearly, GNUstep is not ready for prime time, not
> after 10 years of hard work and having access to all
> kinds of legacy code.

This is quite incorrect. In fact it depends on what you consider  
"GNUstep", eg gnustep-base is very read for prime time for a very  
long time. And in use in realworld enterprise systems.

If you target gnustep-gui, explicitly address that. You might have  
noticed that the GNUstep project itself doesn't know what its about ;-)

> This is baffling to me.
> Maybe it is time to step back and take a fresh look at
> the whole picture. Maybe a spirited collaboration can
> get things moving that neither party could do on their
> own.

Hear hear, I'm definitely interested how it evolves :-) I also fear  
that you very much underestimate the effort required though. Ignoring  
(not work upon) GNUstep in the efforts would be plain stupid, IMHO.

Greets,
  Helge
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