So I fully agree to Ales that the FPC homepage needs a "wow" style.
Despite I do like clear, simple homepages I don't think that this gives
us good PR. Without offending Michael and others for their effort
creating and maintaining the website, I think these pages induce the
impression that FPC i
Op Sat, 3 Dec 2005, schreef Johann Glaser:
> Hi!
>
> > > This selection is done already. See news on main fpc page.
> >
> > Hm, after giving it some thought, and after seeing
> > [http://www.freepascal.org/gallery.html] link, I have to agree: such
> > selection looks nice.
>
> Indeed, nice
Hi!
> > This selection is done already. See news on main fpc page.
>
> Hm, after giving it some thought, and after seeing
> [http://www.freepascal.org/gallery.html] link, I have to agree: such
> selection looks nice.
Indeed, nice page and truly impressive for people searching for a proof
that
Adriaan van Os wrote:
P.S.
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Ales Katona wrote:
So what answer would you propose for the FAQ question "Are there any
real world applications made with Free Pascal/Lazarus" ? A huge list
of every program that was ever compiled with FPC ? A short list of
"chosen projects" ? Who will decide and maintain the list of "most
b
Reading FPC and Lazarus mailing lists, and I don't see such problems.
And I understood the FAQ, even though IANAL. There's a text
Read again. Lazarus list had a very long discussion about LCL and LGPLv2
"It is therefore possible to create closed source or proprietary
software using Free
> >>
> >>> 3. Are there any real world applications made with Free Pascal/Lazarus?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I guess that even a "manager" is able to type "fpc" or "lazarus" into
> >> google.
> >>
> > And he'll find a bunch of fanboy websites.
True.. we can create directories more like Torry.net inste
On 11/23/05, Michalis Kamburelis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 3. Are there any real world applications made with Free Pascal/Lazarus?
>
> I guess that even a "manager" is able to type "fpc" or "lazarus" into
> google.
Just typed both on google and found many links about the compiler and
the IDE,
On Thu, 24 Nov 2005, Michalis Kamburelis wrote:
So what answer would you propose for the FAQ question "Are there any real
world applications made with Free Pascal/Lazarus" ? A huge list of every
program that was ever compiled with FPC ? A short list of "chosen projects" ?
Who will decide and
Ales Katona wrote:
Michalis Kamburelis wrote:
Ales Katona wrote:
[...]
2. Can I use Free Pascal/Lazarus for commercial development?
This is the 4th question of current FAQ. And I assume that you
actually wanted to say "closed source", this is not the same thing as
"commercial".
If
Michalis Kamburelis wrote:
Ales Katona wrote:
1. Is Free Pascal/Lazarus really free?
The "freeness" of FreePascal is already advertised in a lot of places,
including the very name "FreePascal". Current FAQ mentions (more than
once) that the compiler is GPLed. I don't think there's any ne
Ales Katona wrote:
I think the simplest and perhaps most important change to get better PR
for both Lazarus and FPC is the web page. It needs to be more "wow"
style. News have to be a bit propagandistic. A FAQ is IMHO required with
first questions like:
1. Is Free Pascal/Lazarus really free?
Ales Katona wrote:
5. Isn't Free Software equal to crappy software?
You're right. About Proprietary Software, there is no need to ask the
question, the answer is obvious.
mm
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> > 1. Is Free Pascal/Lazarus really free?
> > 2. Can I use Free Pascal/Lazarus for commercial development?
> > 3. Are there any real world applications made with Free Pascal/Lazarus?
> > 4. Why should I use Free Pascal/Lazarus?
> > 5. Isn't Free Software equal to crappy software?
> > etc.
> >
> >
Ales Katona wrote:
I think the simplest and perhaps most important change to get better
PR for both Lazarus and FPC is the web page. It needs to be more "wow"
style. News have to be a bit propagandistic. A FAQ is IMHO required
with first questions like:
1. Is Free Pascal/Lazarus really free?
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