Hi Christian, Christian Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This issue is a matter of principle: Is leJOS a multi-platform > Mindstorms programming language/environment? Or is it an OS-specific > system that might, but might not, at some indeterminate point in the > future be ported to whatever OSes didn't make it in the first release? > > The answer to these questions answer weather or not leJOS must > include support for all OSes at any cost in all releases. > > Speaking for myself, a leJOS release without Mac OS X support would > be about as useful as an umbrella in a hurricane. 100% of what I do > with Mindstorms is done through my trusty old iBook.
I see your point. First, for me it is the same, just replace Mac OS X by Linux. Then once upon a time I even pondered the question of buying some Mac so I could work on Lejos and on Linux PPC drivers. > Now, I realise that, should leJOS 3 be released withoug Mac support, > I would be (almost) no worse off than I am now. Almost, becuase if I > try to collaborate on a project with someone using leJOS 3, then that > will most likely not work. Regardless, this is, as stated, a matter > of principle. Maybe your principles can motivate you to do something about it and help with the port in some way? It is not that we are not trying to get the Mac on board. Greetings to Nidaros Jürgen -- Jürgen Stuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.jstuber.net/ gnupg key fingerprint = 2767 CA3C 5680 58BA 9A91 23D9 BED6 9A7A AF9E 68B4 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Lejos-discussion mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lejos-discussion
