From: Alan Horkan (horkana@tcd.ie)
Date: Tue Mar 26 2002 - 09:29:30 EST
This is getting really offtopic so i will try not to drag this out any
further.
On 25 Mar 2002, Jonathan Blandford wrote:
> Alan Horkan <horkana@tcd.ie> writes:
>
> > You should re-read my earlier messages.
> GTK 2 is already available on windows to a much greater extent than
> before. It's not an official locked down release, as there's still some
> instability in the code base, but the API is basically fixed, and it'll
> be done on a time scale much faster than writing a spreadsheet/wp will
> be.
That is good to know but again with reuse of code and the fact that i
never said it had to be written from scratch (although i understand the
unfortunate mentality of most programmers to reimplement the wheel).
> [ For what it's worth, the platform-independent spreadsheet code in
> gnumeric is much larger than the gnome-specific code there. There
> just isn't a lot of it. With gnumeric 2.0, there's even less 'gnome'
> code. Porting gnumeric to windows is certainly a much easier task
> than writing a spreadsheet from scratch. Free software has never been
> much about 'easier', though. (-: ]
I was never aware of there being ANY developer interest in having Gnumeric
run on Windows, i am used to hostility from Linux developers every time i
want to run applications on both the operating systems i use (I am used to
it, but i dont like it). I like to choose the application i use
irrespective of what operating system i am using at the time. I may be
using Linux over a remote connection from a windows box to send this mail
but tomorrow i might be using BSD, or Mac or a different operating systems
entirely. I hardly know what Operating System i will be using tomorrow,
so i have no idea what Operting System i will be using in 5 years time.
Cross platfrom software is another protection from vendor lock in and a
freedom i value.
> Thanks,
> -Jonathan
[please reply to me directly offlist
You would not happen to know if Red Hat have any operations in Ireland? I
think they have some sort of training and certification licensee in Cork
but i am dont know any details and the web page only provides an
address]
Sincerely
Alan Horkan
Would love to get summer work with RedHat or Sun or any other company
that gets Open Source.
And as part of the Computer Science society, i would also love to get more
of our University to use Linux.
http://www.ducss.tcd.ie
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