Hello Wayne,
My reason for asking the question was to see if there were any reasons to
explore using GEM for any purpose today. It is nice that Caldara released
the source code but what does that do for us today? It would be nice to be
able to take good engineering that has fallen to marketing and be able to
reuse it for some purpose today. Otherwise, the only value for GEM being
open-sourced is as a code mine for developers to rip pre-written source out
for use in other projects. Admittedly, that has a slim to none chance of
happening, but I don't see much else that could be done with it.
One prime complaint for normal users trying to run Linux is that the X
applications are difficult to use, since they frequently have different
widgets set and user interfaces. GEM applications were much like any decent
GUI, consistent and easy to use. If GEM applications are feature-laden and
quality written then it might be useable for people who find X too complex.
If the GEM video driver structure can accommodate modern video hardware then
you might in a position to offer a GUI that is smaller, faster and more
consistent then X. That might be a value-add that would be attractive to a
distribution vendor.
My target hardware platform is primary the x86 space for non-technical
users. It would be nice to have something simple that you could load and
configure on a machine for people who will never use much more out of a box.
Yes, I can give Enlightment/X to my grandmother but it might be nice to to
use something I know that she might not have trouble with.
Thank you for time
Todd Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
