On Saturday 13 May 2006 09:55, Al Boldi wrote: > Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am a long-time reader of Linux Journal. Once, a long time ago, > > an offer of mine to write about Free Pascal in Linux Journal was > > turned down (actually, shunted to Linux gazette). > > > > I was therefore quite shocked when I discovered that in the latest > > issue of Linux Journal, Gambas is covered. Gambas is a Visual Basic > > clone for Linux. As a loyal Delphi and Lazarus user/developer, > > I was duly insulted by the blatant ignoring of Lazarus :-) > > > > The article covers creation of a small bugtracker (2 tables). > > The same application can be coded in Lazarus without a single > > line of code (!). > > Ok, maybe at most 3 lines: 1 to open the database, 1 to close it, > > and one to close the application :-) > > > > If there are other Lazarus users reading Linux Journal, I suggest > > they strongly protest and demand a review of Lazarus in Linux Journal! > > PR noise isn't this projects problem, it's its name. > > I heard of lazarus for a long time, but never really considered it to be > serious. > > A name change would probably do a lot of good to this project. > > Thanks! > > -- > Al I know I falling into to the abyss but what would you consider a better name?
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