--- Christopher Anthony <christopher.anthony at gmail.com> wrote:
> I very much disagree and am dissapointed in your > decisions to port Scribus > to the Windows platform. Windows has plent of > desktop publishing > applications and Scribus, while great should first > and foremost be a Linux > application. If we continue to port Open Source > software to the Windows > platform then we are cutting Linux's throat as no > one will then want to use > Linux. I am requesting that you cease and desist in > continuing your port of > Scribus to the Windows platform. Do a Solaris port, > do a BeOS port, do an > IRIX port, but dont continue Windows. > > _______________________________________________ I'll dive in. I just read this http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/04/05/2046210, a timely article on NewsForge. The quote I feel adds something to this discussion: "Legislating the use of open source is a mistake," Villa said, "because it takes away the ability to make a choice." OK, not directly applicable, but appropriate, I think. -Scott __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
