Re: Sony SNAP

[Fred Kiefer]

Am 20.11.2010 15:46, schrieb Riccardo Mottola:
> Furthermore, in some of the links Gregory posted, they describe our
> adherence to OpenStep and our following of cocoa in this manner:
> 
>    * They add methods and classes, either from Cocoa or their own
>    extensions, if they add substantial value and don't interfere with
>    OpenStep and/or Cocoa compatibility.
>    * They generally don't remove things unless there is a clearly
>    better implementation in newer Cocoa API
>    * Where there is a real problem with a change, they will attempt
>    find a technically superior work-around. In rare cases, this might
>    involve a change in the original OpenStep API
> 
> 
> I personally like this description! It also shows some blue in the sky,
> given the current bashing and destructive thread we are having here lately.

Great that you like these statements. They are actually taken from our
GNUstep mission statement :-)
http://www.gnustep.org/information/mission.html

But I have to admit that this is really deeply hidden in our web site
and it took me some time to find, even though I know what I was looking
for.