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Re: [DotGNU]DotGNU Manifesto - Draft Version 0.3
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Norbert Bollow |
Subject: |
Re: [DotGNU]DotGNU Manifesto - Draft Version 0.3 |
Date: |
Thu, 17 Apr 2003 19:20:40 +0200 (CEST) |
James Michael DuPont <address@hidden> wrote:
> I dont think that many system provide any webservices. I am talking
> about c interfaces.
Like for example a C API for a proprietary database system?
I think for this kind of situation, it would make sense for DotGNU
to contain a tool that will automatically create a webservices
interface.
> My point is just that we might want to put dotgnu into a non-free
> environment. The whole idea of selling dotgnu means that it has to be
> able to fit into a hostile environment.
Yes, but we shouldn't make it fit there too well, otherwise the
hostile environment will never go away.
I think a good rule of thumb is this: Whenever there's a proposal
to make DotGNU fit better into non-free environments, we should ask
the question "does this resolve a serious obstacle that prevents
people from using a GNU system as their OS?", and if the answer is
"No, this proposal doesn't resolve a serious obstacle against using
a GNU system as OS" then we should say "no!" to the proposal.
Greetings, Norbert.
--
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Norbert Bollow, Weidlistr.18, CH-8624 Gruet (near Zurich, Switzerland)
Tel +41 1 972 20 59 Fax +41 1 972 20 69 http://norbert.ch
- Re: [DotGNU]DotGNU Manifesto - Draft Version 0.3, (continued)
- Re: [DotGNU]DotGNU Manifesto - Draft Version 0.3, Rhys Weatherley, 2003/04/14
- Re: [DotGNU]DotGNU Manifesto - Draft Version 0.3, James Michael DuPont, 2003/04/15
- Re: [DotGNU]DotGNU Manifesto - Draft Version 0.3, Chris Smith, 2003/04/15
- Re: [DotGNU]DotGNU Manifesto - Draft Version 0.3, James Michael DuPont, 2003/04/15
- Re: [DotGNU]DotGNU Manifesto - Draft Version 0.3, Rhys Weatherley, 2003/04/15
- Re: [DotGNU]DotGNU Manifesto - Draft Version 0.3, James Michael DuPont, 2003/04/16
- Re: [DotGNU]DotGNU Manifesto - Draft Version 0.3, Rhys Weatherley, 2003/04/16
- Re: [DotGNU]DotGNU Manifesto - Draft Version 0.3, James Michael DuPont, 2003/04/16
Re: [DotGNU]DotGNU Manifesto - Draft Version 0.3, Norbert Bollow, 2003/04/16