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[Derick Centeno]

Hi Ed:
I think you'd LOVE Solaris!!  But they could be to "tight" for you. 
Perhaps IRIX!! Then you could do animation modeling...wait you CAN do
that within YDL using Blender...how silly of me....

Mr. McFarlane underlins my point.

On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 00:19, R. McFarlane wrote:
> At 08:26 PM 9/14/2004, Ed Sutherland, had this to say :
> 
> 
> >On 9/14/04 1:36 PM, "Derick Centeno" <aguilarojo@verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > > A unified desktop..what Afterstep, Enlightenment, WindowMaker, and
> > > others aren't enough?  Or are you asking for less or one?
> >
> >I'm looking for one desktop environment people can concentrate their
> >development on. Imagine the confusion that would erupt if a Windows
> >developer had to write a version for Windows XP and Windows NT and then 20
> >other lesser offshoots of Windows or Mac developers needed to release code
> >that worked on everything from Mac OS X 'Tiger' to the original Lisa? If we
> >have one Linux code, a developer could easily release a Windows, a Mac and a
> >Linux version.
> 
>          While it is true that there are a multitude of development 
> libraries, a developer does not need to write for them all (I know this is 
> not what you are saying they have to do now). Once a developer writes code 
> for one library, any user just needs to make sure their system has that 
> library and then all they do is download the program source and compile.
> 
> >But I do agree about the anarchist nature of 'open source' software.
> >Confusion is encouraged and any attempt to streamline the process to make it
> >palatable to the general public (who aren't college kids, or IT
> >professionals) is seen as Chairman Bill's boot on the neck of world freedom.
> >(okay, that's a bit of hyperbole, but you get the point. ;)
> 
>          This "base" idea sounds good on the surface, but I wonder what's 
> really at the core? I think it's another international spy ring conspiracy 
> due to the failings of the sociological matriarchal deprived capitalistic 
> pagan world economy! ;)
> 
> 
> PS : HORRAY team Canada!
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> R. McFarlane
> 
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