Re: GNUstep roadmap (was Re: [Suggestion] GNUstep-test for quality control)

[Philip Mötteli]

Am Mittwoch, 22.10.03, um 10:33 Uhr (Europe/Zurich) schrieb Chad Hardin:
> On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at 09:21 PM, Philip Mötteli wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch, 22.10.03, um 08:51 Uhr (Europe/Zurich) schrieb Chad 
> > Hardin:
> I see GNUstep a little differently than most of the GNUstep 
> developers; I see it as a opportunity to create a desktop system which 
> people will actually want to use, not be forced to.

Actually, this is really your own point of view, not the one officially 
defining Gnustep. Though I like that one.
I'm just afraid, that people want to use, what they are used to. And 
this is not LinuxSTEP. Unfortuantely.


> i am seeing a relatively large move to OS X, because of it's UI.  I 
> like OS X a lot and use it everyday, but the hardware is fairly 
> expensive,

Exactly the reason, why I want to exchange it with Linux.


> I think there is room for improvement in this arena and I would like 
> to fill that gap with a GNUstep based Desktop OS.

Great idea! But perhaps too great. If you want, that your system would 
be used by only 1% of the computer users, you're probably already 
reaching much to high up. So, what I propose, instead of offering such 
a (great!) system, which is used only by very few people, I would first 
try to introduce Gnustep for something, where it would be more easely 
adopted: As a great cross-platform library. Offering the greates 
persistence and Web libraries so far.


> > 2. Many programs do not use AppKit. E. g. servers and Web-programs.
>
> I know, there is a shortage of GNUstep apps, but you gotta admit that 
> a LOT of progress has been made this year!

The hugest prograss is having WOF: GDL2 and GSWeb.


> (My programmer mind is not really good at being a linguist)

:-)


> > > I also think there is going to be much more interest in GNUstep in 
> > > 2004.....
> >
> > You have me wondering… What are you thinking of?
>
> i'm making SimplyGNUstep

Nice, but how is the compatibility to the other managers like KDE? 
Unfortunately, most of the programs I use, are made for Gnome or KDE.


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Phil