Dave Neary wrote: > Mike Hearn wrote: >> On 4/12/07, John Cherry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Distros.....the message was clear that many distros limit their focus >>> and library support to open source. Is there anything the distros would >>> like to say about what is being done to support these 3rd party and >>> proprietary applications moving forward? >> Note that open source and 3rd party are not mutually exclusive, eg >> wine, inkscape etc. > > Many 3rd party free software applications push the burden of integration > with the distro to the distro - for 3rd party closed source > applications, the integration burden is typically on the software producer.
Just as a side note, we've been increasingly using xdg-utils in a number of projects, with great results. It's encouraging that the stock install of OpenSUSE has it, and that it's readily available as a package for the Fedora and Debian worlds. Further, the XFCE guys have done a great job making xdg-utils work well, so as an XFCE user, it's nice that the software I'm building works best on my desktop <grin>. So, speaking as an ISV, I've felt that to be a positive change. Cheers, Jeremy _______________________________________________ Desktop_architects mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop_architects
