That's not possible cross-platform, so I just use the "SendTo" folder in Windows. I several times considered to implement this but without a useful mimetype implementation on Linux I haven't been in the mood.
I find it slightly easier to open a file in a new tab in Notepad, but apparently impossible in notepad to open a file in an entirely new window.
Do you refer to the feature that you can open a new file either in a tab or in a new window in wyoEditor? What is easier in Notepad?
I like Notepad's collapsing better...
Could you describe why?
... loaded a C file in wyoEditor and got a second pane labeled Class with one entry --homeposition whatever that means.
Ahhh, C is handled with the C++ lexer and adds the class browser pane even if no class is present (therefore "homeposition"). You can hide the class browser in the settings.
wyoEditor is also based on Scintilla but runs identically on Windows, Linux and MacOSX. Can you imagine editing in fullscreen mode and not knowing which system you have booted into? Well acutally you just have to look at the window frame but else you won't discover it. Besides does Notepad-plus also have a live class/function browser for C++?
I don't know anything about Brandon Robinson but Martin Schulze (Debians Stable Release Manager) also resigned because of the ftpmaster (http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/70616, german).
Don't judge too harsh, BP doesn't have some millions left to drop into a project but has to earn some money. Don't under estimate the effect money has on the success of OpenSource projects. I guess there isn't a single top project which doesn't have a sponsor. Just see what happens to FreeBSD after the last sponsor left.
I really hope Mark Shuttleworth makes any progress in solving Ubuntu Bug #1 (https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/1) albeit I fear he still needs several centuries at the current fixing rate.
There's a chilling effect that stems from the harassment of Quinn: other government CIOs are being scared away from the Open Format issue because now they know that Microsoft will do its best to end their careers if they even try. They can see from the Abramoff scandal that Microsoft's influence reaches the very highest level of American politics - and that while Abramoff and Delay were damaged, Gates hasn't been touched.
I always wonder why people complain about Microsoft but when it comes to do something against Microsoft, they fall silent. Also Bruce Perens doesn't give a hint, why? Well let's have a look about some key developments in OpenSource.
Mozilla: It is by far the most successful OpenSource project and it finally forced Microsoft to upgrade IE6 to IE7 and become more standard. Why is Mozilla this successful? Because it runs anywhere (cross-platform) and its look&feel suits enough users so they go for it. Besides Mozilla is developed with its own XUL framework.
OpenOffice: Not as successful as Mozilla but might become as well, albeit there are some reservation. This mostly because there are some complains about performance in their Java parts. Still it will become successful (on Windows and Linux but not MacOS) because it runs anywhere (cross-platform) and its look&feel (since version 2.0) suits enough users so they go for it. OpenOffice is developed with its own framework which allows for a native Windows port and a GTK/X-Server port anywhere else.
Gimp: Why does even the majority of the Linux users wish for Photoshop than Gimp (http://www.osdl.org/dtl/DTL_Survey_Report_Nov2005 .pdf)? It seems Gimp fails to attract even Linux users let alone other's platform users. Because it's not usable as the others and its look&feel doesn't fit.
GTK apps: There are countless OpenSource applications written with GTK but none has become a significant contender in the market. None has threatened any commercial Windows-Only vendor. Because they all fail the usability as Gimp but maybe not as bad.
QT apps: There is no questions QT applications are usable and the look nice enough. But they face another problem, QT as OpenSource is only used within KDE but nowhere else. So even if they theoretically could be cross-platform they practically aren't.
Java apps: I don't know any top Java application, maybe there are but none for the ordinary user. This is amazing since there are lots of millions dropped into Java. Sun (Java), IBM (Eclips) and others spent altogether probably more than halve the money in OpenSource, still all this money seems to have no effect to threaten Microsoft.
Xara: Xara is a rather nice application and with Xara LX becoming OpenSource, there's much expectation it soon will become one of the top. Why can Xara but not Gimp? Maybe because it's written with wxWidgets?
Audacity: It's yet another good sample for a successful application even if it has to compete against lots of free commercial applications. Again Audacity is written with wxWidgets.
wxWidgets apps: There aren't that many other applications written with wxWidgets so I don't know other OpenSource candidates. There are some commercial (e.g. AOL is or was a wxWidgets app) but they don't make it public. But remind they might as easily be released on Linux as Xara is, either commercial or free.
GoogleEarth: No question GoogleEarth is in its area a top Windows application but there is still no Linux release. What do you think when you know that GoogleEarth is a QT application but not wxWidgets?
I think there are enough hints that any GTK application has failed to attract users and QT applications to attract users cross-platform. But to get a bigger market share and to force Microsoft to fight for it, I've design wyoGuide (http://wyoguide.sf.net/) so it's easy to create attractive cross-platform applications.
What you suggest is End User Experience and different from the intentions of the Portland Project.
The Portland project (PP) was created as a reaction of the results from the OSDL survey (http://www.osdl.org/dtl/DTL_Survey_Report_Nov2005 .pdf) to tackle the problems why the Linux desktop isn't a success. But the PP simply neglects the first top inhibitor for the Linux desktop adoption. Why? I don't want to assume they don't want to solve this issue, does this means they don't know how?
In May there is a DAM meeting where the PP will discuss the outstanding issues. Let's see if they also discuss the first top inhibitor or if they avoid it.
... It seems to me the HIGs of KDE, Gnome and OS X are converging for quite some time. So perhaps there is already done for lot of your ideas?
Do you really believe that?
Portland Project tries to unify the Developerside....
Sure, but does this remove any inhibitor? Do you really think DAPI will have any effect on the adoption of the Linux desktop?
To make Linux fit for a better adoption it's necessary to look at the problems from a broader view than just Gnome/KDE. Just think to solve the first top inhibitor commercial application vendors have to be encouraged, even better "forced" to release also for Linux. That's yet another goal I try to achieve with wyoGuide. Only then will companies consider Linux a viable platform. Only then will the Linux desktop get a significant market share and force hardware vendors to create drivers and/or release documentation.
If you want contract programming, but prefer C++ style syntax to Eiffel style, try the D programming language.
It's sad but I fear the D programming language will face the same fait as Eiffel: Not enough used! But I've several times said how this can be solved. I really hope people would listen to my suggestion since I think the D language is well worth the effort.
In OpenSource no matter what you do, to become successful you have to be the number one in your area. Only then developers are faced to delve into your product and use it because it's state of the art in its area. But it's ridiculous to compete in any area where others have a 1000 or more times more developers. If possible compete in an area where others only have less than 10 times as much as you.
For the D language there is an area which it can easily become the number one, that's the small C-libraries area. D is perfectly well suited to replace C in this area. But someone has to start this process (sorry it's not me) else this change won't happen. There simply has to be enough sample code around until others start to use D also.
I'm quite sure that if D successfully tackles the libraries area it will soon become the chosen candidate for kernel development and after that for framework development, etc. But it won't become a successer for C++ before it hasn't become a successor for C.
I'm sure if QT changes it license to LGPL there soon would be a wxWidgets port for KDE as well, allowing to have a single application source but usable with the right look&feel on any platform.
Because the real problem is not so much the used framework but to use a single set of guidelines. The main obstacle of the Linux desktop is the usability, the look&feel of the applications. If one just uses 2 different applications on Linux, one most likely has to learn 2 different ways how to work with. If one uses 10 different application one doesn't have to learn 10 different ways but quite possible 5 to 7.
So I created wyoGuide (http://wyoguide.sf.net/) exactly for this, to finally have a single set of guidelines. And I designed wyoGuide to be cross-platform guidelines since no serious developer codes for a single platform these days. wyoGuide can and should be used on any platform with any framework and any language. Sure I do provide sample code written in C++ with wxWidgets but I'd love to put up others sample code as well. So far nobody familiar with other's framework volunteered.
To stress this point again, the Linux desktop won't become a success unless it can't be agreed on this single set of guidelines. It's possible that everybody sits together and designs yet another set but the outcome won't be much different than wyoGuide. On the other side wyoGuide is still work in progress and I'm open to any suggestion to make it more suitable for anybody.
What I'm curious about is how the Portland project handles this info, the knew it since December 2005 (http://lists.osdl.org/pipermail/desktop_architect s/2005-December/000349.html), they seems to already have forgotten. I've also informed Novell and posted it to LinuxQuestions, almost no reaction. So what else can I do?
Its too bad its written in java.. if it was in C/C++ i would have run a node...
Just find a developer who does a C++ implementation based on the sample code of wyoGuide (http://wyoguide.sf.net/). It shouldn't be that difficult and is cross-platform as well. Sorry, no I don't have the time to do it myself but I'll help with advice.
Java held a lot of promise... and it's actually not any worse than your average PHP or Perl script.
Sure as you say, not any worse but also not any better. Java was hyped beyond any reason as probably Web 2.0 will be. Java just sees its hype gone and has to find its new fitting place as will Web 2.0 one day. The only difference this time is we know that this hyping will happen and may be prepared. I pity my boss since I can clearly envision not only multiple platforms but also multiple cross-platform solutions will soon become his responsibility.
As any carpenter uses a hammer for nails but a screwdriver for screws and neither a hammer nor a screwdriver for both, we all have to strive for multiple tools to achieve cross-platform solutions. There are lots of ways, some better some worse and everybody has to find the ones which suits him best. Of course if you ask me what I choose, it's
Dojo toolkit for web clients
PHP for the web server
wxWidgets for the desktop
Yet again these are my personal favorites and others might choose completely different. But keep in mind what every you choose, choose cross-platform in any case.
It's rather ironic that we're trying to get browsers to do what other application platforms have been able to do since the late 1970s. I sometimes wonder if the web browser, like the gopher client before it, should be dropped for something, well, a little less kludgy and arcane.
I know quite well why my boss fancies Web 2.0 because he hopes it will solve his cross-platform needs. Whatever business you do these days as soon as it gets a certain size you are faced with multiple platforms. My boss hates having different platforms but he couldn't avoid it so far. And my boss also likes to have it nice and beauty. So far none of what he tried satisfied him, even standardizing on Java for everything was enough. But I don't want to rant on Java now, I just want to tell you that my boss now thinks Web 2.0 is the solution. I on the other side know that Web 2.0 has its use for some kind of work (web of course) while Java had and will have its uses for other tasks as will have my own solution for the desktop (see http://wyoguide.sf.net/papers/Cross-platform.html) . But it just needs some time until the hype is over, until everything is sorted out. And of course until people realize what's their best and what's hype.
I think the actual case is fairly interesting. The judge could set quite a precedent here on distribution via electronic means.
Yes, this is quite an interesting case. But there are two corner stones the judge won't touch. One is Apple Corp owns the trade mark in the music business, the second one iTunes are selling music. I'd love to see Apple winning on just data download but I fear this won't happen. So everything will come down to "does the agreement between the two Apples allow for this". Since this agreement was done at the time where music downloads weren't known and probably is quite un precise about, it will be interesting what the judge decides. If it comes to a decision Apple Computer quite likely will loose but I bet this case will be settled outside of the curt.
Nope, Apple must have some special secret. And all it'll take for some other company to pull the rug out from under them is to find that magic bullet, that one key aspect of their success,...
Well it's not that secret, others have found out as well (e.g. Coca-Cola, Swatch, McDonnald's). All you need is a top brand name. But to become a top brand name is completely another story. It helps a lot if you are the first, it helps a lot if you have something outstanding/exceptional/extravagant and it helps a lot if you are able to communicate this to the masses. But it still needs a lot of hard work to get to the top but when you are at the top you can sell almost everything. But almost everything does not mean everything. If you annoy your customer too much the top name is faster destroyed than you can blink. Just look at Sony, I still remember when buying Sony mean buying something good. But today Sony means cheating, means confined to their products.
Windows is just so slow because all the virus protection sucks so much CPU and disk performance. When a scan is running halve the performance is lost. When a file is written you have to wait several seconds. Whenever the virus protection thinks it has to work anything the workstation slows to a crawl. I really would like to switch to Linux just because of a better protection, if only the applications there would be better usable (see http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/54009/index.h tml).
So why don't Apple help out in the porting effort?...
Maybe because Apple is not much interested in an OpenOffice port for the Macs. See it would be quite easy for Apple to help creating a native port with wxWidgets (http://www.wxwidgets.org/), even allowing to get a single source for all ports while being native on any port. I think there are other more political reasons why Apple doesn't delve into OpenOffice. Just think if Apple really would try, Microsoft definitely would get very upset and would immediately stop supporting MSOffice for the Mac. And that's something Apple definitely won't risk under no circumstances.
So why doesn't the OpepSource community itself create a wxWidgets port? Maybe because there are very few OpenSource developers for the Mac and the few who are prefer to waste their time in the fruitless NeoOffice. It's obvious that the Mac would gain most of a wxWidgets port so the initiative should come from their side. But I'm sure if such an effort is started it will attract people from any platform. The gain might be not as obvious but there are already a few developers who see the advantages.
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Shuttleworth would certainly seem to be willing ...
Hopefully, but I guess it needs a lot of conviction, much more than I'm able to do alone.
O. Wyss
Maybe a little offtopic but ...
That's not possible cross-platform, so I just use the "SendTo" folder in Windows. I several times considered to implement this but without a useful mimetype implementation on Linux I haven't been in the mood.
I find it slightly easier to open a file in a new tab in Notepad, but apparently impossible in notepad to open a file in an entirely new window.
Do you refer to the feature that you can open a new file either in a tab or in a new window in wyoEditor? What is easier in Notepad?
I like Notepad's collapsing better ...
Could you describe why?
Ahhh, C is handled with the C++ lexer and adds the class browser pane even if no class is present (therefore "homeposition"). You can hide the class browser in the settings.
O. Wyss
What can Notepad-plus do better than wyoEditor (http://freshmeat.net/projects/wyoeditor/)?
wyoEditor is also based on Scintilla but runs identically on Windows, Linux and MacOSX. Can you imagine editing in fullscreen mode and not knowing which system you have booted into? Well acutally you just have to look at the window frame but else you won't discover it. Besides does Notepad-plus also have a live class/function browser for C++?
O. Wyss
I don't know anything about Brandon Robinson but Martin Schulze (Debians Stable Release Manager) also resigned because of the ftpmaster (http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/70616, german).
O. Wyss
Don't judge too harsh, BP doesn't have some millions left to drop into a project but has to earn some money. Don't under estimate the effect money has on the success of OpenSource projects. I guess there isn't a single top project which doesn't have a sponsor. Just see what happens to FreeBSD after the last sponsor left.
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Besides just give me a few millions and I will fix Ubuntu's bug #1 (https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/1) at least to a certain extend (see http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/54009/index.
O. Wyss
I really hope Mark Shuttleworth makes any progress in solving Ubuntu Bug #1 (https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/1) albeit I fear he still needs several centuries at the current fixing rate.
h tml
See also http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/54009/index.
O. Wyss
Why not help?
s /2005-December/000349.html but they don't seems to be interested in my way to improve Linux.
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I did, see http://lists.osdl.org/pipermail/desktop_architect
See also http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/54009/index.
O. Wyss
wait, so 2006 ISN'T the year of the desktop linux?
Does anybody know why? Read http://www.osdl.org/dtl/DTL_Survey_Report_Nov2005. pdf
Or a possible solution? Read http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/54009/index.h tml
O. Wyss
There's a chilling effect that stems from the harassment of Quinn: other government CIOs are being scared away from the Open Format issue because now they know that Microsoft will do its best to end their careers if they even try. They can see from the Abramoff scandal that Microsoft's influence reaches the very highest level of American politics - and that while Abramoff and Delay were damaged, Gates hasn't been touched.
I always wonder why people complain about Microsoft but when it comes to do something against Microsoft, they fall silent. Also Bruce Perens doesn't give a hint, why? Well let's have a look about some key developments in OpenSource.
Mozilla: It is by far the most successful OpenSource project and it finally forced Microsoft to upgrade IE6 to IE7 and become more standard. Why is Mozilla this successful? Because it runs anywhere (cross-platform) and its look&feel suits enough users so they go for it. Besides Mozilla is developed with its own XUL framework.
OpenOffice: Not as successful as Mozilla but might become as well, albeit there are some reservation. This mostly because there are some complains about performance in their Java parts. Still it will become successful (on Windows and Linux but not MacOS) because it runs anywhere (cross-platform) and its look&feel (since version 2.0) suits enough users so they go for it. OpenOffice is developed with its own framework which allows for a native Windows port and a GTK/X-Server port anywhere else.
Gimp: Why does even the majority of the Linux users wish for Photoshop than Gimp (http://www.osdl.org/dtl/DTL_Survey_Report_Nov2005 .pdf)? It seems Gimp fails to attract even Linux users let alone other's platform users. Because it's not usable as the others and its look&feel doesn't fit.
GTK apps: There are countless OpenSource applications written with GTK but none has become a significant contender in the market. None has threatened any commercial Windows-Only vendor. Because they all fail the usability as Gimp but maybe not as bad.
QT apps: There is no questions QT applications are usable and the look nice enough. But they face another problem, QT as OpenSource is only used within KDE but nowhere else. So even if they theoretically could be cross-platform they practically aren't.
Java apps: I don't know any top Java application, maybe there are but none for the ordinary user. This is amazing since there are lots of millions dropped into Java. Sun (Java), IBM (Eclips) and others spent altogether probably more than halve the money in OpenSource, still all this money seems to have no effect to threaten Microsoft.
Xara: Xara is a rather nice application and with Xara LX becoming OpenSource, there's much expectation it soon will become one of the top. Why can Xara but not Gimp? Maybe because it's written with wxWidgets?
Audacity: It's yet another good sample for a successful application even if it has to compete against lots of free commercial applications. Again Audacity is written with wxWidgets.
wxWidgets apps: There aren't that many other applications written with wxWidgets so I don't know other OpenSource candidates. There are some commercial (e.g. AOL is or was a wxWidgets app) but they don't make it public. But remind they might as easily be released on Linux as Xara is, either commercial or free.
GoogleEarth: No question GoogleEarth is in its area a top Windows application but there is still no Linux release. What do you think when you know that GoogleEarth is a QT application but not wxWidgets?
I think there are enough hints that any GTK application has failed to attract users and QT applications to attract users cross-platform. But to get a bigger market share and to force Microsoft to fight for it, I've design wyoGuide (http://wyoguide.sf.net/) so it's easy to create attractive cross-platform applications.
O. Wyss
Mozilla and Firefox are both written with massive amounts of javascript/xul if its good enough for them.....
So are Thunderbird extensions but after I've written my first and probably last extension (http://wyoguide.sf.net/test/folderselect.xpi), I'm happy to go back to C++.
O. Wyss
What you suggest is End User Experience and different from the intentions of the Portland Project.
The Portland project (PP) was created as a reaction of the results from the OSDL survey (http://www.osdl.org/dtl/DTL_Survey_Report_Nov2005 .pdf) to tackle the problems why the Linux desktop isn't a success. But the PP simply neglects the first top inhibitor for the Linux desktop adoption. Why? I don't want to assume they don't want to solve this issue, does this means they don't know how?
In May there is a DAM meeting where the PP will discuss the outstanding issues. Let's see if they also discuss the first top inhibitor or if they avoid it.
Do you really believe that?
Portland Project tries to unify the Developerside. ...
Sure, but does this remove any inhibitor? Do you really think DAPI will have any effect on the adoption of the Linux desktop?
To make Linux fit for a better adoption it's necessary to look at the problems from a broader view than just Gnome/KDE. Just think to solve the first top inhibitor commercial application vendors have to be encouraged, even better "forced" to release also for Linux. That's yet another goal I try to achieve with wyoGuide. Only then will companies consider Linux a viable platform. Only then will the Linux desktop get a significant market share and force hardware vendors to create drivers and/or release documentation.
O. Wyss
If you want contract programming, but prefer C++ style syntax to Eiffel style, try the D programming language.
It's sad but I fear the D programming language will face the same fait as Eiffel: Not enough used! But I've several times said how this can be solved. I really hope people would listen to my suggestion since I think the D language is well worth the effort.
In OpenSource no matter what you do, to become successful you have to be the number one in your area. Only then developers are faced to delve into your product and use it because it's state of the art in its area. But it's ridiculous to compete in any area where others have a 1000 or more times more developers. If possible compete in an area where others only have less than 10 times as much as you.
For the D language there is an area which it can easily become the number one, that's the small C-libraries area. D is perfectly well suited to replace C in this area. But someone has to start this process (sorry it's not me) else this change won't happen. There simply has to be enough sample code around until others start to use D also.
I'm quite sure that if D successfully tackles the libraries area it will soon become the chosen candidate for kernel development and after that for framework development, etc. But it won't become a successer for C++ before it hasn't become a successor for C.
O. Wyss
...but can you do the same with wxWindows and Qt?
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No you can't, just look into the wxWidgets mailing archives.
See also: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=182300&cid=15
O. Wyss
I'm sure if QT changes it license to LGPL there soon would be a wxWidgets port for KDE as well, allowing to have a single application source but usable with the right look&feel on any platform.
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See also http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=182300&cid=15
O. Wyss
Because the real problem is not so much the used framework but to use a single set of guidelines. The main obstacle of the Linux desktop is the usability, the look&feel of the applications. If one just uses 2 different applications on Linux, one most likely has to learn 2 different ways how to work with. If one uses 10 different application one doesn't have to learn 10 different ways but quite possible 5 to 7.
. html) and follow the links to the sources. Or go and read the guidelines themselves at http://wyoguide.sourceforge.net/guidelines/content .html.
t s/2005-December/000349.html), they seems to already have forgotten. I've also informed Novell and posted it to LinuxQuestions, almost no reaction. So what else can I do?
So I created wyoGuide (http://wyoguide.sf.net/) exactly for this, to finally have a single set of guidelines. And I designed wyoGuide to be cross-platform guidelines since no serious developer codes for a single platform these days. wyoGuide can and should be used on any platform with any framework and any language. Sure I do provide sample code written in C++ with wxWidgets but I'd love to put up others sample code as well. So far nobody familiar with other's framework volunteered.
To stress this point again, the Linux desktop won't become a success unless it can't be agreed on this single set of guidelines. It's possible that everybody sits together and designs yet another set but the outcome won't be much different than wyoGuide. On the other side wyoGuide is still work in progress and I'm open to any suggestion to make it more suitable for anybody.
If somebody doesn't believe me just read the LXer article here (http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/54009/index
What I'm curious about is how the Portland project handles this info, the knew it since December 2005 (http://lists.osdl.org/pipermail/desktop_architec
O. Wyss
Its too bad its written in java.. if it was in C/C++ i would have run a node...
Just find a developer who does a C++ implementation based on the sample code of wyoGuide (http://wyoguide.sf.net/). It shouldn't be that difficult and is cross-platform as well. Sorry, no I don't have the time to do it myself but I'll help with advice.
O. Wyss
Java held a lot of promise ... and it's actually not any worse than your average PHP or Perl script.
Sure as you say, not any worse but also not any better. Java was hyped beyond any reason as probably Web 2.0 will be. Java just sees its hype gone and has to find its new fitting place as will Web 2.0 one day. The only difference this time is we know that this hyping will happen and may be prepared. I pity my boss since I can clearly envision not only multiple platforms but also multiple cross-platform solutions will soon become his responsibility.
As any carpenter uses a hammer for nails but a screwdriver for screws and neither a hammer nor a screwdriver for both, we all have to strive for multiple tools to achieve cross-platform solutions. There are lots of ways, some better some worse and everybody has to find the ones which suits him best. Of course if you ask me what I choose, it's
Yet again these are my personal favorites and others might choose completely different. But keep in mind what every you choose, choose cross-platform in any case.
O. Wyss
It's rather ironic that we're trying to get browsers to do what other application platforms have been able to do since the late 1970s. I sometimes wonder if the web browser, like the gopher client before it, should be dropped for something, well, a little less kludgy and arcane.
I know quite well why my boss fancies Web 2.0 because he hopes it will solve his cross-platform needs. Whatever business you do these days as soon as it gets a certain size you are faced with multiple platforms. My boss hates having different platforms but he couldn't avoid it so far. And my boss also likes to have it nice and beauty. So far none of what he tried satisfied him, even standardizing on Java for everything was enough. But I don't want to rant on Java now, I just want to tell you that my boss now thinks Web 2.0 is the solution. I on the other side know that Web 2.0 has its use for some kind of work (web of course) while Java had and will have its uses for other tasks as will have my own solution for the desktop (see http://wyoguide.sf.net/papers/Cross-platform.html) . But it just needs some time until the hype is over, until everything is sorted out. And of course until people realize what's their best and what's hype.
O. Wyss
I think the actual case is fairly interesting. The judge could set quite a precedent here on distribution via electronic means.
Yes, this is quite an interesting case. But there are two corner stones the judge won't touch. One is Apple Corp owns the trade mark in the music business, the second one iTunes are selling music. I'd love to see Apple winning on just data download but I fear this won't happen. So everything will come down to "does the agreement between the two Apples allow for this". Since this agreement was done at the time where music downloads weren't known and probably is quite un precise about, it will be interesting what the judge decides. If it comes to a decision Apple Computer quite likely will loose but I bet this case will be settled outside of the curt.
O. Wyss
is yet just another cross-platform solutions ;-)
O. Wyss
Nope, Apple must have some special secret. And all it'll take for some other company to pull the rug out from under them is to find that magic bullet, that one key aspect of their success, ...
Well it's not that secret, others have found out as well (e.g. Coca-Cola, Swatch, McDonnald's). All you need is a top brand name. But to become a top brand name is completely another story. It helps a lot if you are the first, it helps a lot if you have something outstanding/exceptional/extravagant and it helps a lot if you are able to communicate this to the masses. But it still needs a lot of hard work to get to the top but when you are at the top you can sell almost everything. But almost everything does not mean everything. If you annoy your customer too much the top name is faster destroyed than you can blink. Just look at Sony, I still remember when buying Sony mean buying something good. But today Sony means cheating, means confined to their products.
O. Wyss
Windows is just so slow because all the virus protection sucks so much CPU and disk performance. When a scan is running halve the performance is lost. When a file is written you have to wait several seconds. Whenever the virus protection thinks it has to work anything the workstation slows to a crawl. I really would like to switch to Linux just because of a better protection, if only the applications there would be better usable (see http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/54009/index.h tml).
O. Wyss
Or is it just another FUD? Or is it maybe this here http://wyoguide.sf.net/papers/Cross-platform.html?
O. Wyss
So why don't Apple help out in the porting effort? ...
Maybe because Apple is not much interested in an OpenOffice port for the Macs. See it would be quite easy for Apple to help creating a native port with wxWidgets (http://www.wxwidgets.org/), even allowing to get a single source for all ports while being native on any port. I think there are other more political reasons why Apple doesn't delve into OpenOffice. Just think if Apple really would try, Microsoft definitely would get very upset and would immediately stop supporting MSOffice for the Mac. And that's something Apple definitely won't risk under no circumstances.
So why doesn't the OpepSource community itself create a wxWidgets port? Maybe because there are very few OpenSource developers for the Mac and the few who are prefer to waste their time in the fruitless NeoOffice. It's obvious that the Mac would gain most of a wxWidgets port so the initiative should come from their side. But I'm sure if such an effort is started it will attract people from any platform. The gain might be not as obvious but there are already a few developers who see the advantages.
O. Wyss
Sorry Slashdot mixed up the links:
http://tango-project.org/
http://wyoguide.sf.net/
O. Wyss