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  1. Re:Damn ! on Sun to Build Alternative Desktop ? · · Score: 1

    You've not tried W^HVC++ and the MFC, right? You would be missing the Java API every second you work with it... (at least I do)

    Of course, there is always something worse ... but the OpenStep API (used in Cocoa and GNUstep) is far better than Java API imho ...

  2. Re:Damn ! on Sun to Build Alternative Desktop ? · · Score: 1

    About the lighthouse design applications, please sign the petition !

    Petition

    various screenshots of theses applications could be see here : Screenshots of NeXT apps

    in particular, take a look on Quantrix (a multidimensional spreadsheet), Concurrence (a presentation program), TaskMaster (a task manager), etc.

    Screenshots :

    Quantrix
    Concurrence
    TaskMaster
    Diagram
    OpenWrite
    ParaSheet
    VarioBuilder
    WetPaint

    Sun DON'T use thoses applications, why not simply release them as open source ? They could be ported on GNUstep (and thus, on linux, freebsd, solaris and even windows ..), and on Mac OS X ...