> GNOME is intended to provide on Unix some of the (high-level) features > in Windows, that on Windows are implemented with stuff like COM and > OLE (I am really not an expert in this issues, so bear with me if I > babble). It does this using CORBA at the low level. > > Why would one then need to port GNOME as such to Windows? It wouldn't > interoperate with native Windows applications anyway, i.e. you could > not include some object that interfaces through COM/OLE/whatever in a > GNOME container that uses CORBA, or vice versa. > > Or is it just eye candy you are after ;-)
GNOME is also a desktop operating environment supported by an applications framework API. I guess the objective would be to have source-level applications compatibility between the platforms. Not sure I like the idea though. _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list
