> > Rich Shepard wrote: > >> However, if you want to use open source applications built to open > >> standards, then understand that almost all of these were > >> originally > >> build for linux or one of the *BSDs, those are the platforms the > >> developers use, and making them available to the Windows > >> world is a > >> courtesy, not a requirement. > > > > LyX supports Windows, Linux/Unix and Mac OS X and it should > > work fine > > on all these platforms. There is no reason why one of these > > platform > > should get more support than others. > > There surely is. There is no particular reason why an Open > Source project has to encourage the use of a proprietary > operating system and spend resources on "fixing" "funny > behaviour" on such platforms. > > If it happens to work and/or there is enough interest of > _developers_ on that platform, such development will > eventually happen. > > Andre'
On this point, I quite agree: if there if enough interest, a developer will attend the issue, and the open source tool will improve. I would not expect anything more. Indeed, that is the whole point of open source, that anyone with sufficient interest can improve the tool. By extension, it should therefore not bring indigestion for one to note behavior in said tool. All this information constitutes knowledge of the tool, and provides suggestions to developers who care about that knowledge. I don't see any reason for negative reaction to acquisition of knowledge, and since I did not present the observation in negative words (like those of a university professor a few weeks back), some reaction obtained is unexpected. wrb
