IMO this article makes a good point. I have no experience with embedded Linux, but I worked a little bit with VxWorks.
For those who don't know how things work, the VxWorks kernel is actually a library, and you need to link your application with it, either statically or dynamically, before downloading it to the target system. Now, my impression is WindRiver doesn't want to put Linux aside VxWorks,
but instead explore the possibility of providing alternate embedded solutions based on Linux. Any client application which will presumably be based on this would have to fall under GPL, since it links against the GPL'd kernel, and this would probably scare away customers. This is pretty much like the LGPL philosophy...
What could come in handy for WindRiver is some sort of QT-like licensing scheme, where you could choose between GPL and some other commercial license.
I'm not 100% sure, but I think it goes like this: Google will first try to do a 'phrase search' and show the possible results, then it will show the hits containing all of the terms and then fall back to 'any term'... What I would like to see though (if this is correct) is some sort of visual indicator stating the hit contains the whole phrase, all of the search terms or just some of them.
Maybe it's just me, but it seems that lately everything on the acme of OpenSource movement for desktop integration revolves around this (otherwise marvellous) concept named CORBA. I'm a programmer myself and can appreciate more or less any means which can help standardizing and reusing code. But still, I think that should be done paying maximum attention to the possible performance loss.
Programmers often come up with things like OOP and such to make their life easier. I'm not saying AT ALL that OOP or CORBA are bad, but I don't think Joe User has the slightest interest in the CORBA foundation of his spiffy PIM. All that he cares about are stability, speed, and, if possible, looks (at least that's what I imagine).
Those being said, I would very much like to know what is your view on this subject. How much does CORBA integration affect the performance of Gnome ? Would it have been better to let CORBA come into play at the time where the (affordable) hardware will make little difference with respect to the sheer software performance ? Is it just some hype born from some kind of Programmers Pampering Themselves movement or is this the real Wave of the Future - or, like they say, A Good Thing(TM) ? Will we live the day in which a newer version of a piece of software will actually be smaller and maybe have fewer features, but will need less resources and run faster ?
(OK, the last two questions here have nothing to do with Gnome, but I had to ask them anyway)
Last but not least, I must say that I really like Gnome and, in case some war is (or will be) going on, I'm definitely joining the army of gnomes. And kudos for the great book:)
Well, I hope this gets in time for the submission... - ciuli
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IMO this article makes a good point. I have no experience with embedded Linux, but I worked a little bit with VxWorks.
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For those who don't know how things work, the VxWorks kernel is actually a library, and you need to link your application with it, either statically or dynamically, before downloading it to the target system. Now, my impression is WindRiver doesn't want to put Linux aside VxWorks, but instead explore the possibility of providing alternate embedded solutions based on Linux. Any client application which will presumably be based on this would have to fall under GPL, since it links against the GPL'd kernel, and this would probably scare away customers. This is pretty much like the LGPL philosophy
What could come in handy for WindRiver is some sort of QT-like licensing scheme, where you could choose between GPL and some other commercial license.
- ciuli
I'm not 100% sure, but I think it goes like this: Google will first try to do a 'phrase search' and show the possible results, then it will show the hits containing all of the terms and then fall back to 'any term' ... What I would like to see though (if this is correct) is some sort of visual indicator stating the hit contains the whole phrase, all of the search terms or just some of them.
Hmmm, the logo shows right though - that's something else ...
Dear Havoc and fellow /.RS,
:)
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Maybe it's just me, but it seems that lately everything on the acme of OpenSource movement for desktop integration revolves around this (otherwise marvellous) concept named CORBA. I'm a programmer myself and can appreciate more or less any means which can help standardizing and reusing code. But still, I think that should be done paying maximum attention to the possible performance loss.
Programmers often come up with things like OOP and such to make their life easier. I'm not saying AT ALL that OOP or CORBA are bad, but I don't think Joe User has the slightest interest in the CORBA foundation of his spiffy PIM. All that he cares about are stability, speed, and, if possible, looks (at least that's what I imagine).
Those being said, I would very much like to know what is your view on this subject. How much does CORBA integration affect the performance of Gnome ? Would it have been better to let CORBA come into play at the time where the (affordable) hardware will make little difference with respect to the sheer software performance ? Is it just some hype born from some kind of Programmers Pampering Themselves movement or is this the real Wave of the Future - or, like they say, A Good Thing(TM) ? Will we live the day in which a newer version of a piece of software will actually be smaller and maybe have fewer features, but will need less resources and run faster ?
(OK, the last two questions here have nothing to do with Gnome, but I had to ask them anyway)
Last but not least, I must say that I really like Gnome and, in case some war is (or will be) going on, I'm definitely joining the army of gnomes. And kudos for the great book
Well, I hope this gets in time for the submission
- ciuli