Re: [OT] History: GNUStep vs. Gnome

2000-10-02 Thread Ross Boylan
At 02:02 PM 9/26/2000, Daniel Reuter wrote: NeXTStep was the operating system on the NeXTstation, one of the most beautiful and technically well-designed computers that was ever built! (IMHO). Unfortunately, NeXT has been swallowed by Apple, and they ceased development of their OS. Instead, their

Re: [OT] History: GNUStep vs. Gnome

2000-09-26 Thread I. Tura
At 23.02 26/9/00 +0200, Daniel Reuter ha escrit: >> Hello. This crossed my mind more than once: why was the Gnome project >> started, when there was already something called GNUStep? Even if not >> a full desktop, one can certainly see the beginnings of desktop-like >> functionality in WindowMake

Re: [OT] History: GNUStep vs. Gnome

2000-09-26 Thread hawk
Daniel dallied, > Unfortunately, NeXT has been swallowed by Apple, and they ceased > development of their OS. ??? A public beta of NeXT just started a few days ago under the name "MacOS X" or some such :). When the actual compilers (such as Absoft Fortran) ship in January, they'll generally

Re: [OT] History: GNUStep vs. Gnome

2000-09-26 Thread Daniel Reuter
Hello Ian, On 26 Sep 2000, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > Hello. This crossed my mind more than once: why was the Gnome project > started, when there was already something called GNUStep? Even if not > a full desktop, one can certainly see the beginnings of desktop-like > functionality in WindowMaker

Re: [OT] History: GNUStep vs. Gnome

2000-09-26 Thread Jaldhar H. Vyas
On 26 Sep 2000, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > Hello. This crossed my mind more than once: why was the Gnome project > started, when there was already something called GNUStep? Even if not > a full desktop, one can certainly see the beginnings of desktop-like > functionality in WindowMaker or AfterStep.

[OT] History: GNUStep vs. Gnome

2000-09-26 Thread Ian Zimmerman
Hello. This crossed my mind more than once: why was the Gnome project started, when there was already something called GNUStep? Even if not a full desktop, one can certainly see the beginnings of desktop-like functionality in WindowMaker or AfterStep. Was it just not cool-looking enough? :( --