Re: The Corel Report

1998-05-13 Thread Eric Smith
Dave Wreski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some points of the NetWinder: >300 MHZ Dec StrongARM, delivering ~250-260 MIPS Uhhm... that's an Intel StrongARM. Unfortunately :-( Still sounds like a nice box though. I've been waiting for a cheap box based on the DEC StrongArm NC reference

Re: The Corel Report

1998-05-08 Thread Michael Jinks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 8 May, Michael Jinks wrote: > > Tim Larkins (EUKSHEL1PO) wrote: > > > >> Does this mean GIMP is finaly gona have a bit of competition? :) > > > > Doesn't Java provide most of the GIMP's functionality at the language level? > > > > As I understand it, widespr

Re: The Corel Report

1998-05-08 Thread hartr
On 8 May, Michael Jinks wrote: > Tim Larkins (EUKSHEL1PO) wrote: > >> Does this mean GIMP is finaly gona have a bit of competition? :) > > Doesn't Java provide most of the GIMP's functionality at the language level? > > As I understand it, widespread use of Java would make the GIMP irr

Re: The Corel Report

1998-05-08 Thread Michael Jinks
Tim Larkins (EUKSHEL1PO) wrote: > Does this mean GIMP is finaly gona have a bit of competition? :) Doesn't Java provide most of the GIMP's functionality at the language level? As I understand it, widespread use of Java would make the GIMP irrelevant. Sort of a bummer, in a way (we all

RE: The Corel Report

1998-05-08 Thread Tim Larkins \(EUKSHEL1PO\)
> Michael Cowpland said that he was proud to become a part of the Linux > community. He committed to making native ports of all Corel software to > Linux. He liked the idea of the OS being free and open. He likes Java, but > Java is building slower than Linux. Java

Re: The Corel Report

1998-05-08 Thread David S Edwards
Hello all, Yes that is good news. Good news indeed!!! david At 01:41 AM 5/8/98 -0400, you wrote: > >Hey Guys. This is the summary of the Corel announcement today, written by >Russell Nelson (written to slashdot.org): > >Eid Eid said (as head of corelcomputer) that all the system software for

The Corel Report

1998-05-08 Thread Dave Wreski
Hey Guys. This is the summary of the Corel announcement today, written by Russell Nelson (written to slashdot.org): Eid Eid said (as head of corelcomputer) that all the system software for the NetWinder (their desktop computer originally envisioned as a Java thin client but which is now a Linux