[PLUG] openoffice.org

[A Braunsdorf]

In message <20001016211545.L95891@puck.firepipe.net>, Will Andrews writes:
> 
> Yeah, I *know* this.  I was just sniping at you (you did notice the
> smiley, right??).  8)

Yeah, I just liked the sound of it. :-)

> OPENSTEP and not "open source"?  What an oxymoron.  Where did they get
> the prefix "open" from then?

That's a really good question.  It was a product of a different
time.  By "open", they meant the spec was published and it was
detached from any particular OS.  More open than OpenWindows. :-)

You can get the spec on the web.  It's a pretty big document.  The
question is whether it's a complete description and (now) how well
it meshes with MacOS X.

> Well, Window Maker does bear the name GNUstep in a couple places, so
> obviously it has heavily influenced Window Maker.

It's a placeholder.  It looks cool.  Something better is coming...

> Perhaps you should give me a brief demo.  That would be very insightful.
> I doubt many folks who've used and prefer Linux have also tried
> OPENSTEP.

My next GNUstep project is helping to beat GWorkspace.app into
shape, with or (preferably) without Window Maker for support.  Once
that's going, we'll have something to look at. :-)

> BTW, perhaps you should consider putting something on that openstep.org
> domain you've been squatting on for years.  ;>

Should be the US home of GWorkspace.app pretty soon.  As soon as
we can get it doing what it should be.

The other thing I'd like to see is more tools to get OPENSTEP stuff
to compile and run under GNUstep.  That'll be crucial until we have
better development tools.

ab