Re: [Sheflug] Re: TopPage info for Sheffield Linux User Group

[Will Newton <nospam [at] misconception.org.uk>]

On Sat, 20 May 2000, Al Hudson wrote:

> > What I'm saying is this.. Windows software, generally speaking, is
> > licenced commercial software. It costs to own and use. Use the same
> > software under Linux, in the same form (same binaries, etc) and the same
> > restrictions apply. Bang, open source down the drain. 
> 
> Ahhh, different argument completely ;) One I agree with wholeheartedly,
> although the dangers always exist no matter how software gets ported to
> Linux.

What bugs me is that it IS possible to write portable, modular code that
requires only a minimal amount of porting. #ifdefs are not necessarily the
devil. Things like NSPR just infuriate me. Several megabytes of
wrappers. Ugly as sin. Wine just takes the cruft to a new level.
Abstract your GUI code, abstract your sound code, write the rest in ANSI
C. Wine is simply for "afterthought" ports by bad programmers.


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