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Gnome, Mozilla and the Challenge of Longhorn

Submitted by mccaffer on Wed, 2004-04-07 05:36. Gnome 2.x

With lots of talk recently about mono/java/python, it seems like a response to Longhorn and XAML is brewing. People at mozilla are talking about how to create an alliance against the hegemon. Co-operation with gnome is discussed on mozillazine. I do hope that gnome can use the XUL language or something like it so that gui programming is easy for us mere mortals. Lets not re-invent the wheel reproducing XAML when we've already got XUL!

Re: Gnome, Mozilla and the Challenge of Longhorn

Submitted by Anonymous George on Wed, 2004-04-07 06:35.

Question - what benefits does .NET provide for open source developers? I'm not talking about custom software solutions for businesses right now(crossplatform-deployment flexibility, RAD-short deliveries, webapplications - all fall into this category), I'm talking about apps that an average user would use, general purpose apps that fit the needs of most GNOME users.

Why are we in a hurry? Why is longhorn threatening us? What exactly will longhorn offer that threatens OSS? What is it that we'll lose if we fail to provide it?

I'm sorry but i miss the point in using .NET for anything else but business solutions.

It really scares me when i hear about 'rewriting GNOME or any GTK+/GNOME app' in mono. Mono is cool, but not at all for that purpose.

What we need right now is hardcore C/C++ developers and usability experts / UI designers to deliver slow but precise work on missing parts of our beloved desktop.

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