[ snips ] On 07 Sep 2003 11:28:22 -0400 burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 11:20, Collins Richey wrote: > > > > Maybe you should widen your field of vision. > > The problem is, my field of vision *is* much wider - wider than OS > software. This really is one of the major limitations to the > acceptance of open source solutions by leading system integrators and > IT service companies. Thus the reason for my rant. > > Things like this are invariably considered fairly serious problems in > product selection/due diligence evaluations for a client's > architecture. It makes it harder to sell Linux and common Linux > applications. > > > Almost everything in the > > open software arena is done this way - glibc, kernel, qt, kde, > > gnome. > > For Linux to be accepted across the board, major issues such as this > need to be addressed. It's OK for small boutique software offerings. > But if Linux wants to play seriously at the enterprise level, there is > a certain amount of discipline that will have to be adopted by the > community. > Exactly. No arguments here. I've been aware of and pained by this for a long time. To my knowledge, none of the principal players in the open software arena even have a clue that this is a problem. Each new release starts over with an incompatible API, and that's (sadly) just the way it is. I was only curious why you had singled out GTK, since this is such a common practice. M$ has an excuse for this: they want to drink new blood at new prices as often as possible; open software folks should be ashamed. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
