The latent arrogance displayed in this thread is more destructive than any software license.
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Christopher Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 01:14:35PM -0400, Arnie Shore wrote: >> Awww, the relative merits of the platforms/languages involved, IMO, are a >> far second behind the factor of whether or not the choice makes it available >> to the largest community of possible users. Free is good; de-facto >> limitations ain't. >> >> The author is certainly to be applauded both for developing the package and >> offering it here. But I for one can't jump at it. >> >> Ya gotta have an OS and a language, so any choice here will prbly hack off >> some of the truly devout. But you don't gotta have a framework - >> proprietary or not. > > Huh? > > Are there any graphical GIS programs that don't use *some* framework? > > qgis uses, I believe, qt. > uDig, I believe, uses Swing. > > Heck, even RESTClient uses wx (via Python). > > In web applications, the situation is even more pronounced -- Django, > TurboGears, etc. For UI work, jquery/ext/mootools, etc. > > Using a framework as part of your development encourages you to write the > hard parts... rather than doing the easy parts that people have done before > all over again. > > Now, you may not like the particular one that was chosen here, but that's > hardly the same as saying "You should enver develop with a framework." > > -- Chris > >> The choice of .NET rules out for me any interest other >> than curiosity. And to point out that MONO resolves the .NET issue, simply >> translates to 'you gotta have that in addition to the basic product', adding >> to the relative complexity and fragility of an implementation. >> >> So, thanks, but no thanks. >> >> AS > >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > -- > Christopher Schmidt > Web Developer > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Brian Russo / (808) 271 4166 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
