On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 18:32, Phil Mattison wrote:
> An interesting debate. I'm working on a job where I have to use
> Kdevelop 2.1 on RH/KDE, and while I am quite impressed with
> how well Kdevelop works in light of its FOSS origins, it still lacks
> polish compared to Visual Studio. Its mostly little things, not show
> stoppers, but annoying. For example, if you create a default "Hello
> World" project for console use, you get multiple directories filled
> with all sorts of cryptic files for automake etc. For example, you can't
> create a new file in the IDE without first giving it a file name.
> For example, you can't define a workspace with multiple dependent
> projects. Linux/FOSS can't beat Microsoft in the consumer market
> for the same reason a guy with a knife can't beat a guy with a gun.
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Of course all of the background you gave has absolutely nothing to do
with the consumer market unless Visual Studio has just recently become a
consumer item.
As to whether FOSS can beat Microsoft in the programming market - that
happens only when businesses demand to use FOSS.
As to whether FOSS can beat Microsoft in the consumer market - that may
never occur but I believe that it ultimately will. The fact that is that
it is already capable of handling most home users needs. It just isn't
as elegant, doesn't handle the variety of hardware quite as neatly and
doesn't have the fringe software that people think that they want - at
least not yet.
Back to the tools though - they are constantly getting better.
Craig
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