OSNews > Thread > "RE[2]: "Windows a dying platform" without any argument " by Chicken Blood

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 3rd Feb 2008 23:09 UTC, submitted by Moochman

This article details the story of a KDE-loving software engineer who was forced to use Windows for his job. "His only hope was that he knew Qt was cross compatible with Windows Linux and Mac, and there was talk that someday, KDE was to be ported to Windows. So he waited. Well, KDE4 was announced and there was much joy. Betas were released and there was much bitching. KDE4.0.0 was released and there again was much joy (and still a little bitching). More importantly an actual honest to goodness Windows port is released. Here follows that engineer's report."

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RE[2]: "Windows a dying platform" without any argument

by Chicken Blood on Mon 4th Feb 2008 05:01 UTC in reply to "RE: "Windows a dying platform" without any argument ?"

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2005-12-21

Granted, I don't know what the author meant by this, but I personally see windows as a dying platform. Not because of it's user base (which is obviously very dominate) but because there is not much interesting happening as far as development of new and cutting edge ideas are concerned. Quite honestly it has become boring and lethargic. Cutting edge has become too risky and they cater more towards maintaining backwards compatibility than towards the cutting edge.

To contrast, can you tell me about the "cutting edge" ideas that are developing on other platforms?

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RE[3]: "Windows a dying platform" without any argument

by elsewhere on Mon 4th Feb 2008 05:12 in reply to "RE[2]: "Windows a dying platform" without any argument "

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2005-07-13

To contrast, can you tell me about the "cutting edge" ideas that are developing on other platforms?

Cross-platform application development, open protocols and open standards?

Ok, not cutting edge, but a refreshing change, none the less...

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RE[3]: "Windows a dying platform" without any argument

by gustl on Mon 4th Feb 2008 15:01 in reply to "RE[2]: "Windows a dying platform" without any argument "

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2006-01-19

Very simple:

1. Get yourselves a Kubunto or Knoppix CD.

2. Load KDE

3. Try to find out what you can do with Konqueror (without Konqi ever bloating!):

- File Browsing
- File Browsing, split Window
- Additionally open a directory in a new tab
- now type a http:// URL into the URL bar
- now split the view again
- now type man:ls in the URL bar
- create another tab
- enter ftp://username@your.next.ftp.server.com
- if there is a pdf file, click on it.

You should now have 3 tabs, first with split windows for file browsing, second with web browsing and man page displaying, third with ftp file browsing or an open pdf document.

Now count the buttons in the button bar. Are they more than you have in Windows Explorer? Sure, but not by much, for sure the icon count is low enough to make the statement "it's not bloated" a true one.

And now USE this setup. Copy files here and there - ftp to local, local to ftp.

You will find out, that Konqueror is to Windows Explorer what a Mercedes is to a Yugo. Both can get you from Vienna to Rom, but the Mercedes is less noisy, safer and can play CDs - the Yugo can't.

That is probably the reason why the Author meant Windows is a dying system.

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RE[4]: "Windows a dying platform" without any argument

by autumnlover on Mon 4th Feb 2008 15:03 in reply to "RE[3]: "Windows a dying platform" without any argument "

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2007-04-12

Now try to uninstall Konqueror without removing the KDE itself. Then you will see the difference between IE-driven Explorer and Konqueror.

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