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Linux Development Call To Arms

Posted by Hemos on from the do-not-reinvent-the-wheel dept.

Hell O'World writes "This ZDNet Article points to the direction that Linux developers need to follow. Many people think that Linux needs an Office clone to gain acceptance, but the truth is that monolithic software is not the future. To get all of the functionality that anyone could possibly need in one place, the Office paradigm is to have everything there at once, and that takes a huge amount of resources to load, and years to learn. Linux will not gain converts by giving users the same thing, that they will then have to relearn. The power of UNIX is in connecting small, fleet-footed tools. What we need now is to create an environment, where users can easily create customized tools for the way they work, and developers can easily add new functionality."

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  1. Re:30,000 are dead... by nowt · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Living life is the best tribute to these people since our very way of life was attacked.

    On a more on-topic note, K-Office, the ApplixWare suite, StarOffice all provide an "Office" view of typical business applications. IIRC, there was a story fairly recently on /. about a city hall in Florida that went to linux and K-Office.

    --
    A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess? - Joshua (Wargames)
  2. inappropriate title by __aawsxp7741 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Do you really think that a "call to arms" is the right way to express this in view of current events?

  3. Re:30,000 are dead... by syates21 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, you're right we should sit around in paranoid fear and mourning for weeks just like those sickos would want.

  4. Re:False. Wrong. Nope. by bentini · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Well... This *may* be true of GNU/Linux. To paraphrase the Bard "were it so, 'twas a grievous fault, and grievously hath GNU/Linux answered it."
    So PLEASE, STOP using GNU/Linux. Wait until GNU/Hurd comes out! RSN! It will solve problems.
    You want a micro-kernel production level OS, you got it.
    You want a better GUI, with a built-in Office program that's both monolithic and component-ized? You got it!
    You want a girlfriend? Ummm, sure, we can build that in! Version 1.5!
    Do you want someone killed? Well, yeah, that's what Free Software is all about! RMS the hit-man, version 2!
    Supporting GNU/Linux hurts GNU/Hurd. Supporting any other OS is evil.
    GNU/Hurd (in development) forever!