Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 18th Oct 2005 11:44 UTC
Adobe, IBM, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Novell, RealNetworks and Red Hat are all backing the new Linux standards effort led by the Free Standards Group. The nonprofit organisation plans to marshal their resources to form standards for key components of Linux desktop software, including libraries, application runtime and install time. The group said Monday that it will encourage software developers to use its guidelines when building programs for Linux as part of its Linux Standard Base project.
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2005-07-09
> Linux will never be a viable desktop in the long run if
> it is technically inferior to Windows or MacOSX.
In which way is Gtk+ technically inferior to Windows? As someone who has programmed in Win32 and MFC, I strongly dispute your claim.