On 09/07/2012 10:07 PM, D. Michael McIntyre wrote: > I've just never been much for change. It's almost surprising I'm not > still using DOS, really.
Windows 95 offered a similar experience to what I had running occasional Windows 3.x apps on top of the command line environment of OS/2 Warp, so I switched. I eventually got badgered into trying Linux, and I switched, because it had a rich command line environment and a usable GUI. Mandrake 8.1 had really bad package management, so I switched to Debian. I got tired of Sid's broken toys, so I switched to Kubuntu. The point of this trip down memory lane is to illustrate that I do change when there's something to be gained. In every case, there was some tangible reason to make a change, even if it wasn't necessarily compelling. When it comes to the new version control nonsense, I just don't get what the fuss is all about. I remember when there was a huge push to move to Git, and there were soap box speeches, soliloquies, impassioned presentations, white boards, videos, lectures, the whole nine yards. I didn't get it then, and I still don't. Why are so many people hell bent on making everything much more complicated than it has to be? Rosegarden is a small project with a small user base and an infrequent release schedule. Is version control really holding us back from having a full blown, fully-operational Windows or OS-X version? No, I think a lack of developer interest is holding us back, and I don't think it's because everybody who has an interest in that turns their nose up at Subversion. People who have an interest in that turn their nose up at Qt and everything else. They want to work with MFC or Cocoa or whatever native stuff they're familiar with. They want to write in C# or Objective-C, or Java, or something popular and trendy. Qt is a great idea, but it never really took off, and things just look worse for it now that Nokia is cutting it loose, after failing to figure out anything useful to do with it. Who wants to learn Qt? Why bother? I mean sure, it's massively cross-platform, as long as you don't want to write applications for any of the platforms where people are currently making fortunes, like Android and iPhone, and you don't mind developing applications that look subtly non-native everywhere they do run. Face it, you can spot a cross-platform application from a mile away. Well blah blah blah, ramble ramble ramble. I'm just blathering, so carry on. -- D. Michael McIntyre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-devel mailing list [email protected] - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-devel
