I think it’s important to make sure we are all answering the same question. There’s a philosophical question, “what is GNUstep?” And there’s a marketing question, “how do we present the project to the public in order to grow the project?” I think the second question is more important.
I also think gnustep can be a framework and still have reference applications. I don’t think anyone would argue that GWorkspace hurts GNUstep’s cause. On the contrary, it is a vivid illustration of how powerful gnustep (the framework) is.
