Comment 1337 for bug 1

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 23:46, Faldegast <email address hidden> wrote:
> This is where Apple got it right. They dont make OS X work with all
> hardware. They say "this is how Mac hardware works" and then they let
> everyone that complies get to be called "Mac hardware".

I tend to agree with you. And even because people rather choose to put
Ubuntu on their new machine than reinstalling their old pot where the
HD died, so putting more focus on new users on new machines would not
be the worst IMHO. That said, I would like to see continued efforts to
make Linux run on other hardware too. Don't forget, that especially
the strength of Linux to run on any hardware brought Linux to be run
on Routers and even Phones too. So the efforts to support all kind of
different hardware should not be stopped.

So it should be that way:

Q) Will my printer work with Linux?
A) Is it certified? - Then for sure, if not, perhaps.

This would bring confusion only for those buying non-certified
hardware, but offer more than Apple does.

> Windows has a layer above COM for this that is called ActiveX,
> and is used extensively to share graphic component. Obviously ActiveX is
> far from perfect because the new .NET assemblies are not fully
> compatible with COM/ActiveX. I do not really know why, but we should
> analyze this so we do not design something with similar flaws.

Fully agree with the COM/ActiveX argument - I am a system integrator
and now developing OS independent with Java, I miss the COM - I would
like to have - not just a Linux-bound COM-alternative. I would like to
see an OS independent way of reusing components and GUI elements. -
Think that Web-Services basically are just a workaround for the lack
of having such interfaces. The java related RCPs approaching a
solution were only for Java world, but we need an OS agnostic and
language agnostic solution. This is the only way to achieve widely
adoption.

At the moment I cannot develop for Linux only, because for companies
there is a transition going over many years until all used
applications run also on Linux. This cannot be changed from one day to
the other. What applies much for companies often partly applies for
private persons or small businesses (often either being
one-man-shows).

> Now with Windows as a supervisor rather then a classic operating system,

What do you mean with this "supervisor"?

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Martin Wildam

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