RE: [Java-gnome-developer] Development Status

[Almotasim <alm...@no...>]

 
> It is not necessary to support Windows and Motif.  I believe it would be
> useful to do so.  If SWT becomes a popular GUI toolkit many companies will
> use it to develop applications that target Win32.  These applications will
> be able to run immediately on GTK platforms.  Also, this makes it much
> easier
> for open-source applications to provide Windows ports.  In this way, the
> Windows users will begin to be exposed to the great work that is taking
> place in the open-source community.

ok, I think you're right: it's worth building windows 
on the open-source community, so that people can *see* the whole thing, before
diving into it!

> I will be talking to OTI about this proposal very soon.  I am sure
> they will be prohibited from direct involvement in the project but
> they very likely would be interested in providing moral support 8-)
> I am also going to float some of this idea to the core GTK/GNOME
> developers at this weeks GNOME Summit.  I'll post my results on
> this list.  Anybody interested in helping with some of the initial
> planning is welcome.

I might be helping by talking of the project to engineering schools
where researchers and/or students might help, particularly in EMN
http://www.emn.fr or in ENST: http://www.infres.enst.fr/~elc/


> The public C++ API could be almost identical to the public
> Java API and could leverage the work already completed in
> providing the native peer interface.  

sounds great.

> Ximian will be using C# once their C# compiler/environment is mature.
ok, that's astonishing (to me).

I'll let you know about my contacts in engineering schools.
Do you know if Olivier Gnutknecht is still on the ride
http://www.lirmm.fr/~gutkneco/devpt/javagnome.html ?

Regards
Almo

A pointer towards something different that you might have read already,
which is also about designing open windows on the world: 
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2001/0207.thompson.html