> On Mon, 29 May 2006, Nicolas Linkert wrote: > > > A proprietary application that needs to run cross > platform is > > useless. In my humble opinion it HAS to be open > source - which applies > > to Acrobat, but also to Java etc. Only open > sourcing Acrobat makes sure > > that all interested parties in the game can have > their share. And it > > guaranties true cross platform ability. > > I agree with your sentiment, but I have to disagree > with that last bit. > Being open source is no guarantee of true cross > platform ability, witness > the number of "Linux only" open source apps.
Yeah, I suppose you're right. I think being open source is no _guarantee_ for true platform ability but it opens the door and at least makes true platform ability highly possible. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
