Re: Money Program Does Linux

["Richard" <nospam [at] sheflug.co.uk>]

Jose

> I suppose that what you mean there is that Linux lacks some sort
> of visual Basic so that people can't just write all this
> teach-yourself-time-management programs which both interactive and
> multimedia (as seen on the box of *every* kind of software  you buy
> nowadays). If someone wants to produce something good and easily in
> this fashion on Linux, one could use JPython <http://www.python.org>.
> This is simple, OO and also has a Numerical extension to it (OK, you
> could also use perl, but...). That's if you *need* the
> multimedia/point and click and use from within any browser. And
> developing something *IS* fast.
> 

Well, there's things like Kdevelop and Kstudio and for those who 
don't like the KDE there's also some Gnome tools that can do the job. 
 I've been looking into the use of Java and how easy it is to use 
with Linux.  It *is* very nice.  But it'll be a while before we do 
anything with it :-(  It has been used successfully on mars for one 
of the landers and so we shouldn't ignore it.

>  I tend to go to the library and get some good books out. As far
> as my experience goes, all this multimedia stuff is incredibly
> patronising and a right pain in the bum: after all. You don't get
> anything more multimedia than a book. But again, that's a personal
> opinion.

:-)

erm... yeh, that's ok if the library has got some books.  I was a 
student at Sheffield University a few years ago.  The average comment 
that I heard was that "it's ok as a social science library goes" 
(referring to the volumes on physics, geophysics and chemistry). The 
only place that I see anything worth reading is in Blackwell's and in 
the library at Caltech and UC Berkley (California).

At least with the multimedia stuff you can quickly put something 
together with something like Star Office and add other things with 
some simple programming skills.  Good way to learn physics or 
chemistry :-)         (if you haven't done any before)

Thanks


Richard
Sheffield UK

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