| From: | Martin Baute |
| Date: | 7 Aug 2000 at 17:27:27 |
| Subject: | Re: AMIOPEN: To Windoze or Not to Windoze |
Hello Aaron
I know this thread has been beaten to death, but I simply cannot resist
pointing out some errors. The person in this posting is fictional.
On 07-Aug-00, you wrote:
> -- It is a matter of simple logic to contend that supporting windoze
> to achieve OS alternatives is a self contradictory proposition. Even
> simpler logic establishes the founding proof that Using windoze =
> Supporting windoze = Diminishing alternatives.
I got WIndows pre-installed on my computer anyways. I want to
support alternatives, but this Linux stuff is just beyond me. I would
like to try Amiga, they were pretty easy stuff at their time. Can only
use SDK on Linux? Oh, well, they have turned "nerd stuff" too. Too
bad.
> -- It is extremely reasonable to question the value of soliciting
> windoze based developers when, despite the vast weight of the monopoly
> numbers, the overwhelming majority of alternative, innovative,
> altruistic and open source contributions to computing are directly
> atributable to Unix, Linux, Amiga and other non-windoze communities
> (including little things like the internet and the world wide web).
Using your words here:
The overwhelming majority of widely used, high-end, powerful
*commercial* applications (and games) are directly
atributable to the Windows "community".
I think Linux is the perfect exsample that an "alternative" OS
cannot live from Open Source contributions alone.
> -- It is quite sensible to wonder at the wisdom of promoting and
> demonstrating the New Amiga on windoze systems prematurely, while its
> performance is still so severely inhibited by, and dependent upon, the
> windoze environment. First impressions are always the most lasting and
> publicized impressions; if the introduction to the windoze arena is
> weak at any level, then the future views, acceptance and
> marketability of of the Amiga OE could be damaged.
You got a serious point here. Linux developers are used to the
fact they have to sift through tons of sources, bad documentations
and missing support files. Windows developers are used to this,
too, but only accept it "because it is the standard".
A Windows SDK must be stable, well documented, and very much
easier to get started with than the Linux SDK.
> -- It is very fair to ask just how much easier to use and/or more
> accessable a windoze SDK would actually be compared to the current
> Linux offerings. All things considered, there would seem to be a
> fairly equal potential for complications with SDK installation and
> operation when running on top of any environment.
Yes, but it would remove the potential complications during the Linux
installation, let alone the ressources (drive space) wasted if the user
doesn�t want to use Linux at all.
Regards
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