Jorge Godoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Mike Meyer wrote: >>> In fact this sounds more like a joke I've heard a while ago: standards, >>> if you don't like the ones out there, create your own. >> Works for me. > What works for you? You believe that chaos is better than having standards? > I believe that flexibility is good, but not chaos.
I believe that multiple competing options is better than an externally enforced standard, or a single option with a near-monopoly position. If none of the options are good enough for the job at hand, you create your own. >> won't recap the thread, but other languages have been *very* >> successful without having a GUI as part of the language, all they had >> was one development environment distributed with a GUI. > One IDE, you mean? I believe the freedom to choose from multiple IDEs is > also good. Some code on VI, others on Emacs, others on Eclipse, others > on ... IDE is short for "integrated development environment". I chose a slightly broader phrase. The languages had more options than one specific distribution, but that one dominated at least one market. >> BTW, in answer to your rhetorical question about GUI's for Linux, the >> answer is plwm. > :-) > And does it integrate well with common business apps, such as a mail client, > note taking apps, addressbooks (with personal and shared entries), calendar > with ability to share appointments, etc.? Of course. <mike -- Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
