Re: Win32 port

[<bob thestuff net>]

Well, now that I've taken the against argument, I'm going to take the for
position for a sek. :)
There is one advantage to a windows port, but not the one you tryed to
make. Getting a nonpropriatary API onto windows for windows application
developers would be that benifit. Most application developers wont move to
linux yet due to 2 reasons. needing to learn a new set of api's, and the
dependency of windows. For a company (generally) to be able to make money,
the target OS is windows. undebatable fact. If they could code for
"Wingnome", they could take advantage of the superior/free/open API, and
still meat their target OS needs. The end result is, when enough wingnome
apps are written, the OS can be yoinked out from under the apps, and
replaced with full blown gnome under linux. The end result will be that
"world domination" as Linus puts it, will be acheved faster. It could be
used as a stepping stone to get the mainstream apps over untill the
nessisary "critical mass" point where apps will be developed first on
linux, then (if that) on windows.

On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Cory Watson wrote:

> Yes, I thought about resending my last message with something along the 
> lines of "No I'm not saying that Windows should be under the hood"
> 
> At 12:39 PM 6/6/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >As you point out, corectly, whats under the hood is important.
> >"An application is only as good as the OS under it." The gimp for windows
> >is kinda cool, but it becomes just another unstable windows app under
> >windows. What you should be considering is not gnome under windows to
> >eliminate the linux stuff underneeth, but a distribution that doesnt have
> >the extra stuff under the hood. a "gnome linux distribution" of sorts.
> >just enough to get X running. Linux does very well striped down. You can
> >get single floppy versions of Linux. You can not say the same for windows.
> >
> >On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Cory Watson wrote:
> >
> > > At 01:05 PM 6/6/00 -0400, you wrote:
> > > >But why would you want to?
> > >
> > > Because regardless of how pretty and advanced GNOME is, Linux is still way
> > > too difficult, and too 'big' for the average person.  My mom (bless her
> > > heart) has no use for 70% of the stuff that you and I use daily and take
> > > for granted in Linux.  They only need the stuff that Windows gives them.
> > >
> > > I'd love to see the whole world using GNOME, but until something is done
> > > with what's _under_ GNOME, I don't think we'll make much 
> > progress.  Perhaps
> > > Miguel has something up his sleeves.
> > >
> > > One of my friends argued this with me one day, his point was 'Why should
> > > _everyone_ use Linux?  They don't need it!'  My point isn't that they NEED
> > > Linux, they NEED a _choice_.
> > >
> > > Just my $0.02.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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