| From: | Daniel Robbins |
| Date: | 7 Aug 2000 at 21:24:58 |
| Subject: | Re: AMIOPEN: To Windoze or Not to Windoze |
On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 08:57:31AM +0200, Jean-Pierre wrote:
> 2. Time are a changin', Baby. Sony's PS2 Devbox runs Linux. Embedded
> Linux is being pushed as a standard. QNX is about to be released.
> Microsoft is moving to a .Net strategy. The time for windows on the
> desktop is coming to an end....
hehe...
> And last but not least - don't try and bite someone's head off
> because you're afraid there won't be a Windows SDK (and hence
> convenience for yourself) because of his comments.
This isn't about myself -- this is about what's best for Amiga
developers. I've been helping people on amiganet/#developer try to
get their respective Linuxes working (including even telnetting into
their boxes and fixing their system configurations). All of these
developers happen to have working Windows machines, meaning that a lot
of time is being wasted that could be spent learning VP programming
and porting things to the new Amiga. The cost of entry for the Linux
SDK is simply too high for some people, who will never attempt to get
it running even though they are excited about the new Amiga
technology itself.
Obviously, *I* don't have a problem getting the SDK up and running
under Linux, but others do. I'm speaking on behalf of them -- not
myself.
I'm sorry if you feel I'm trying to bite Aaron's head off, but I do
feel it's somewhat arrogant to say that the SDK shouldn't be released
for Windows -- which is the same as saying that these developers
(several on this list) should be forced to install Linux to use the
SDK, or they shouldn't use it at all. We're talking about an SDK --
it's for developers, not end users. Several Windows developers are
courageously getting Linux installed (or trying to) to get the SDK
working -- if they're willing to do this, they're certainly up to the
challenge of installing and using the SDK.
Best Regards,