[Discuss] Essentially all free apps will soon be available on Windows

[Lloyd D Budd]

On 2/15/07, Alan W. Irwin <irwin at beluga.phys.uvic.ca> wrote:
> I am writing this post because there is an unprecedented opportunity now for
> free (as in freedom) applications to be ported to windows because of CMake.
> Furthermore, I am all for such ports since I strongly believe that once most
> typical Linux apps are available on windows, the MS desktop monopoly power
> will finally start to weaken as a result.

> and the
> results have been just as good as summarized in the article "Why the KDE
> project switched to CMake" http://lwn.net/Articles/188693/.

Brilliant detailed post! I hope you put this on the web as well (too
much great stuff gets "lost" on mailing lists).

Although it sounds like a power improvement to the tool stack, it does
not sound like cmake itself will fundamentally effect the essential
elements of the Microsoft monopoly:
1. Desktop applications
(2. development environment)
3. Distribution

I prefer GNOME, but the KDE community does seem to appreciate and gone
farther to be multiple platform. That KDE article you linked does seem
to suggest CMake is an essential part of KDE deployment for MSWin,
allowing MS Visual Studio development of KDE.

Exciting times!

-- 
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Lloyd
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