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On Mon, 15 May 2006, J Stanley Warford wrote:
> This comment by Rene fits my situation exactly. I have reluctantly
> switched my development efforts from BlackBox to C++ using Qt from
> Trolltech because the software I distribute (software to support one of
> my computer science textbooks) must be cross-platform. That is why I
> adopted BlackBox in the first place, when it supported the Mac as well
> as MSWindows. I do not have the resources to maintain separate code
> trees and separate development environments for different platforms.
I am curious why did you not switch to Oberon System-3 or its later
incarnation such as Native? As far as I know, System-3 is actively
supported and it is cross-platform.
> This is an important point. The reason any company opens up their
> source code is to foster a volunteer community that will contribute to
> it. It is up to the external community to drive the advances. OMI is
> not asking for our money. It is presenting an opportunity for a
> community to coalesce around the platform provided there is enough
> interest.
A very good point. I somehow cannot see how we can contribute $100k
in chunks of $100. This would need a bank account, bookkeeping,
an oversight, etc. Money is money. It cannot be just sent.
Money needs accounting. On the other hand, contributing documentation,
writeups, or chunks of code does not require such formal infrastructure.
W.
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