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Miguel de Icaza on Longhorn
An anonymous reader writes "In Miguel de Icaza's latest blog entry the Mono project leader discusses the threat Longhorn's new technologies and frameworks pose to Linux and open source. He also directs users to this recent USENET post about the goals of Mozilla, which is a very interesting read.
Originally seen on OSnews." Mmmm...Miguel smart. Seriously, good commentary - and ripe for discussion/flame wars.
Yeah.. I want 4D icons.. when I open a program, I don't want the menu icons appearing /now/ I want them appearing 5 minutes later. But i think this might already be implemented in <insert least favoured desktop environment> and I just used to think it was slow due to bloat.
I really don't know what it's going to take for GNU/Linux to move out of geekdom and on to the average desktop. What I do know is that Longhorn looks like a mighty nice piece of technology that may be a winner with anyone that can afford the machinery.
I think GNU/Linux is the best thing since sliced silicon. But the other day I was reading a magazine review of a beta (or alpha or something) of Longhorn. I was deep in thought, wondering how the OSS hackers would cope with WinFS, .NET functionality and so on. I was also cynically musing about the same old security holes that'll presumably crop up, and resting assured that my choice os OS is the correct one.
A mate rings up, having read the same review. "Hey Cammo," he shouted down the phone. "The windows flap when you move 'em!!!"
Where do I order the beta?
Cogito, ergo sig.
The answer to all of this is simple: An operating system programmed in Perl, with all applications programmed in Perl. Think of the expansion of the CPAN with something like that!
Every application would be easily ported to other OSes fairly easily. And Larry Wall could rule the universe. I couldn't think of a better way to go, although I'm sure a Python user will be along shortly with one.
-Augie
Get it overwith. You are obsessed with Microsoft. Every time you give a speech its about Microsoft, every product you seem to work on is a clone of something made by Microsoft. You are more worried about what Microsoft is doing than you are about what Linux is doing.
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