From: Emlyn (pentacle) (pentacle@enternet.com.au)
Date: Tue May 02 2000 - 04:18:34 MDT
The link below is to an article by a senior Kylix team member; they are
moving Delphi & C++ Builder (notable Windows development environment tools)
to Linux, and providing me with the infrastructure to reach my evil Gatesian
tentacles into KPJ's Linux-brain-of-purity-and-love.
It is an interesting insight into the relative merits of Linux & Windows by
someone deep into the heart of both. He attempts to steer clear of direct
comparisons to some extent, and fails.
http://community.borland.com/article/0,1410,21171,00.html
Emlyn
The problem with Open Source is that it goes everywhere when you knock it
over.
> The situation with wearables today looks like the hobby computer situation
> before the Big Blue started shipping the IBM Personal Computer iron.
>
> WARNING: TEXT BELOW MAY OFFEND OPEN-SOURCE'ICALLY CHALLENGED HUMANS.
>
> <RANT>
>
> Due to the flakiness and moby black magic of the Microsoft/Intel platform,
> I prefer to use LINUX for my wearable, where I have full SOURCE CODE
available
> for everything.
>
> The Microsoft/Intel may work for the Office robots and the computer
gamers,
> but a hardware oriented cyborg will have enough struggling with the
hardware,
> without having to beat their brows bloody against the software as well.
>
> The venerable IBM PC platform (IRQ, I/O addr) still has to be fought,
> but at least the operating system software does not get in the way as
much.
>
> </RANT>
>
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