> By secure Ben I refer to programm using api compatible with mac, > outside java. Qt by nokia now, if i'm not mistaken, do so. Udig, > Qgis ... use this path. So... crossplatform in development but native > in the build.
UDig is based on Eclipse, which is Java technology. QGIS will run into trouble the moment Apple decides that C++ and the GNU C compiler are also not good enough anymore. > > Gv_Sig is the most interesting opensource gis program I see. Ease of > passing from esri to gv_siv, full features. But, without full support > for osX, if java finaly, that what I beleive, can't work in a mac in a > not so far future. Make it less attractive. Unless the OpenJDK project totally fails (which I do not believe), there will be a way to run Java application on Mac OS X 10.7 and above. > > Sure, you can move to linux but, for macuser, you go on program > working on mac not moving of mac to use a software. > Strange, I would argue exactly the other way around: if you spend most of your time working with a particular application, then how important is it, really, which OS you use to click on the icon and start that application? Ben > And Cropper, virtualisation can be a temporary solution but not the > way to go. > > Maccel > > > Le 10-10-22 à 02:28, Benjamin Ducke a écrit : > > > > >> now at least, for me the user choose the os... for me is osX. So > >> it's unfortunate, for me but I will have the choice of playing > >> "roulette russe" with gv_sig or going to a more secure gis. > > > > Or to actively promote and support gvSIG on Mac OS X to make sure > > that it lives > > on and prospers. That's how open source software works. > > > > Best, > > > > Ben > > > >> > >> Maccel > >> Le 10-10-21 à 18:04, Simon Cropper a écrit : > >> > >>> Hi All, > >>> > >>> On Friday 22 October 2010 2:23:16 am Chris Puttick wrote: > >>>> what then? > >>> > >>> My son has been using a iMac for several years and resisted moving > >>> away from > >>> the computer and its operating system for all the wrong reasons > >>> (i.e. vendor > >>> lock in with iPhone, iTunes, etc). > >>> > >>> Recently he moved away from his iPhone and now only use iTunes and > >>> comparable music related products. > >>> > >>> Faced with an operating system that only allowed Apple products > >>> and one that > >>> in recent times is just getting slower and slower (a bit like > >>> windows XP and > >>> Vista was doing a year or so back), I convinced him to move to > >>> Ubuntu (well he > >>> really convinced himself as I have been nagging him for sometime. > >>> The pivotal > >>> point was when he saw me log on and open a program on my machine > >>> in seconds > >>> compared to minutes on his). > >>> > >>> After backing up his system (2-3 hours), it took less than one > >>> hour to set up > >>> the base system in Ubuntu. He is enjoying the OS, the 'free' > >>> software and > >>> lightning fast OS (at least compared to OS-X). > >>> > >>> Where to from here? Move your iMac to Ubuntu. You won't be sorry. > >>> > >>> I know it sound drastic but it really isn't. > >>> > >>> P.S. It's funny how things are not apparent until they hit you in > >>> the face. My > >>> son, while looking at the various movies he had downloaded to > >>> iTunes, asked me > >>> how he could view these files as they were in a proprietary format > >>> that could > >>> only be read by Apple software. He was livid that he could not > >>> view these files > >>> using other software as he had paid good money for these movies. > >>> After a bit > >>> of searching we were able to find a conversion routine written in > >>> Open Source > >>> that could convert the apple movie format to a more commonly > >>> encountered and > >>> used format. > >>> > >>> -- Cheers Simon > >>> > >>> Simon Cropper > >>> Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd > >>> PO Box 160 Sunshine 3020 > >>> P: 03 9311 5822. 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