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Inside Ximian

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the dry-erase dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Linux and Main is running a story of a visit to Ximian headquarters and a talk with Nat Friedman, Miguel de Icaza, and Jon Perr about GNOME2, Ximian 2, and getting Linux onto the corporate desktop. Interesting and funny, with lots of details about the place and the guys."

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  1. Good arguments not to use Ximian by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    I usually get here at 7, 7:30 a.m., and I learned not to turn on the lights, because there are probably people who have been here all night coding, who are asleep on the couch or the floor.

    All night coding = bug-ridden and backdoor prone
    Real programmers can estimante time costs, keep shedule and only program when they are well off and have maximum concentration.
    I suppose Linux will never leave the hobbyist stage.

  2. Re:Why _do_ people buy Ximian? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I have to agree with your comments, as well as point out an RMS issue. Especially with the new features in KDE 3.1, Xiamian is gonna be blown away. What is up with the closed source Exchange interface? That is so lame, fortunately KDE developers are hard at work on an opensource version. My, has worm turned or what? I recall a few years ago deIcaza et. al. were bitching about the non-gpl QT license. Well, looks like they're gonna have to eat their words...