Well, now that bash is everywhere, perhaps we'll see a console comeback, at least for the blind. I could see great email clients and web browsers come out of this. But then again, it may just be a sort of forgotten thing, on the fringes of knowledge, like the windows command-line is for most users.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 24, 2016, at 5:22 PM, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well, I need to still look into this more myself, so I don't have all the > answers yet like those of you who have explored this more already, but I'm > not sure why this has to be a half baked solution. Also, even though > developers have been dealing with cross platform development for a while > doesn't mean it can't be improved or that this won't open up some more > opportunities for developers to quickly make some applications available on > multiple platforms. I'm also thinking of the cloud where developers might > want to manage multiple operating systems, like Windows and Ubuntu running in > clouds such as Azure or AWS. Providing the ability to quickly build a > framework based on tools common to both Windows and Ubuntu seems like it > would be a good idea in this situation. > > For me, I like seeing new innovative things being done and offered. Let > things like this be made available and see if any bright developers or users > out there want to take advantage of it. If it doesn't work then it doesn't > harm me at all, but if it does then who knows what I'll now have access to. > I'm just glad there are people out there trying new things and not just > listening to the nay sayers who are happy with what they have and think > everyone else should be as well. > >> On 24/07/16 12:27, Kyle wrote: >> I'm not exactly sure why developers would want this either. Windows >> developers already had Visual Studio, which they apparently love, and >> GNU/Linux developers will continue using GNU/Linux, where all the >> development software anyone could dream of is free and open source. >> Developers, more even than regular users, want a complete solution, not >> some half-baked attempt at GNU in a Microsoft environment. They will >> either go for 100% Microsoft in the Windows + Visual Studio, or they >> will develop for GNU/Linux. Cross-platform developers will continue >> doing what they have always done, which means running multiple OS's and >> building for each one individually. I guess maybe people building >> Rockbox who have used GNU/Linux to build it for years will possibly be >> able to fully build it in a Windows environment without Cygwin, but >> what's the point, especially when they've already been using GNU/Linux >> for years to do that? >> Sent from a sign o' the times >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list@redhat.com >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > -- > Christopher (CJ) > chaltain at Gmail > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
