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Cross Compiler Blues
Jan 1, 2008, 21 :00 UTC (20 Talkback[s]) (6297 reads)

(Other stories by Hans Bezemer)

[ Thanks to Hans Bezemer for this link. ]

"It is the dilemma of every single FOSS developer. Sure, you want as many people as possible to use your software but you also want to acquaint them with the advantages of FOSS as well. Some developers think it is a non-question: they don't give portability a single thought. Others do, but think it is better to force users by not making their program available under other Operating Systems. 'If you want to use my program, that's cool, but switch to Linux first.' Other developers, like me, think that it is better to let people use FOSS software under their current Operating System because nobody will make the switch for a single program. It is the strategy that projects like Firefox are using too. It is based on the presumption that when the reasons for switching are piling up the transition is less painful because they can continue to use the programs they know and love..."

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Its the platform that makes the differen ...   Its the platform   
Stomfi
Jan 2, 2008, 07:47:02
 
There is a certain arrogance amongst som ...   Make the OS heterogeneous and switching is easy   
DrXym
Jan 2, 2008, 13:34:19
 
> There is a certain arrogance amongst s ...   Re: Make the OS heterogeneous and switching is eas   
Rainer Weikusat
Jan 2, 2008, 16:57:20
 
The answer for XPlatform is something li ...   The answer is something like Java   
paul
Jan 2, 2008, 18:26:41
 
> > There is a certain arrogance amongst ...   Re: Re: Make the OS heterogeneous and switching is   
DrXym
Jan 2, 2008, 19:12:26
 
There is a certain arrogance amongst som ...   Re: Make the OS heterogeneous and switching is eas   
Bernard Swiss
Jan 2, 2008, 22:03:02
 
multiplatform development easy.I use Qt/ ...   Versioning tools makes ....   
GreyGeek
Jan 2, 2008, 22:15:56
 
The irony here (as has most likely alrea ...   Re: Re: Make the OS heterogeneous and switching is   
DrXym
Jan 2, 2008, 22:37:32
 
You keep mentioning throughout your post ...   DrXym, we need to review your prescriptions   
Jose_X
Jan 3, 2008, 07:47:45
 
*sigh* Again like others you are missing ...   Re: DrXym, we need to review your prescriptions   
DrXym
Jan 3, 2008, 10:22:44
 
> The irony here (as has most likely > a ...   Re: Re: Re: Make the OS heterogeneous and switchin   
Rainer Weikusat
Jan 3, 2008, 10:28:15
 
 Assuming this statement was true (to in ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Make the OS heterogeneous and swit   
DrXym
Jan 3, 2008, 13:45:03
 
Stomfi --If you've never tried it, M ...   Re: Its the platform   
Konrad J. Hambrick
Jan 3, 2008, 15:36:51
 
I'm away from my desktop now, and I  ...   DrXym   
Jose_X
Jan 3, 2008, 15:37:52
 
> Stomfi --> > If you've never tried ...   Re: Re: Its the platform   
Konrad J. Hambrick
Jan 3, 2008, 15:41:54
 
> >  Assuming this statement was true (t ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Make the OS heterogeneous and   
Rainer Weikusat
Jan 3, 2008, 16:17:30
 
> The operating system is largely an > i ...   Re: Re: DrXym, we need to review your prescription   
Rainer Weikusat
Jan 3, 2008, 20:26:10
 
> WHAT??????? I have never developed Win ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Make the OS heterogeneous   
DrXym
Jan 3, 2008, 22:01:24
 
Don't take my picking on you to mean ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Make the OS heterogene   
Jose_X
Jan 4, 2008, 01:19:30
 
Small clarification to the rushed postin ...   Re: DrXym   
Jose_X
Jan 4, 2008, 01:35:04
 
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