On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 9:18 AM, John Lindsay <jlind...@uoguelph.ca> wrote: > Hi Chris, > > Thank you for your feedback. I think, however, you might be staring a gift > horse in the mouth. I write software primarily because I need it and am > happy to share it with others. For me, open-source is about sharing ideas, > innovating, and improving education. I'm fortunate that I don't need to rely > on my programming to make money. Like most computer users, I use Windows and > .NET is the framework that we have. It's an excellent framework, despite > what some may think of the company that developed it. I understand that many > people chose other operating systems (and good for them!) but I'm also aware > that the Mono framework allows for the possibility of running Whitebox GAT > on Linux/Mac. There are currently people working on porting Whitebox over > using Mono. I suspect, however, that there are some out there who would > still not be pleased with the use of Mono as a framework. The fact of the > matter is that not everybody will be happy all of the time. If this isn't > the solution that suits you, I'm sure there are others that are more suited. > And that's fine by me. It's just nice that people out there are working hard > every day to ensure that you have choices, isn't it? >
As a very happy Mac user of a gorgeous proprietary interface on top of an open source operating system, I say to you, "Very well said." Thanks for creating this and working on this. Even though I won't use it (right away) I am sure many will benefit from Whitebox GAT, and others will borrow good ideas from it. Benefit all around. Keep up the great work. > -- > John Lindsay, Ph.D., Assistant Professor > Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Guelph > Guelph, Ont. N1G 2W1 CANADA > Phone: (519) 824-4120 x56074 > Fax: (519) 837-2940 > Email: jlind...@uoguelph.ca > Department Web: www.uoguelph.ca/geography/ > Personal Web: http://www.uoguelph.ca/geography/people/faculty/lindsay.shtml > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Puneet Kishor http://www.punkish.org Carbon Model http://carbonmodel.org Charter Member, Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org Science Commons Fellow, http://sciencecommons.org/about/whoweare/kishor Nelson Institute, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Assertions are politics; backing up assertions with evidence is science ======================================================================= _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss