Re: [Opengc-devel] Linux Hardware

[Damion S. <be...@cs...>]

Well, just to chime in with my 2c...

> pilot types I've worked with. But (here's the catch) since Damion went 
> off
> on a different direction with the OpenGC project it's become 
> incompatible
> and I just don't have the time, talent  or resources to set up a 
> website and
> CVS server or try to sync up with X-Plane or FSxxx. It runs under 
> Linux and
> networks with FG, and is just as easy to set up as FSUIPC and has a 
> lot more

To clarify, OpenGC did not go off in a different direction. The reason 
I made the decision to axe the older FlightGear interface is that it 
did not (and could not) build under Windows. This was the same reason 
that I switched to CMake over autoconf for the build system. The only 
reason (in my mind) that it's acceptable to not support all possible 
platforms is if it's not _technically_ possible, as with FSUIPC. I was 
concerned that the FlightGear stuff was evolving into a separate 
project within OpenGC, since the interface itself would not work on 
Windows and FMC would not work with other simulators (or under Windows).

I certainly plan to offer cross-platform bidirectional communications 
along with a FMC in the future. The only thing I insist on is that 
whatever gets designed work in as generic a manner as possible. This is 
not the only way to do things - the FlightDeckSoftware guys have 
differentiated their project from OpenGC by choosing to only support 
FS200x and Windows, while offering a more complete feature set than 
OpenGC. However, the original premise of OpenGC was to try and be as 
cross-platform as possible, and I'd like to stick with that.

Cheers,
-Damion-

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