<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">>Just to give a taste, but the main development focus should be on a free operating system.</span><div>
<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Leave that decision to each developer. He develops for whatever he wants, do not forget - in the free software world - developers are pretty much in charge (still are). Of course that a lot of commercial open softwares exist, I'm talking about softwares in a smaller picture.</span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">>BTW I think the use of free software on Windows can be only *moderately* encouraged.</span></span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Same as above, you like Unix, develop for Unix. You use Win, you like Win or like people to use your stuff in Win... develop for Win. </span></span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">I'm working on a pd external for DTW (pretty much finished and already working), I'll not build it for Window... but do not mind if everyone that can build it, build and let windows users to use it :)</span></span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">I know that your point (what you advocate) is bringing open source closer to FULL open source solutions, an thus not limit in the operating system. I understand what you mean, but just feel that its not the way to win anything, furthermore I do not make this a battle between anything. </span></span></font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">ps.:: Overall I like the idea that anyone can do whatever he wants. If you love Win (I know devs who do) I like to see their open software for the aforementioned system, its fun to see. </span></span></font></div>
<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Bernardo Barros <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bernardobarros2@gmail.com">bernardobarros2@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div id=":18l">Just to give a taste, but the main<br>
development focus should be on a free operating system.</div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Pedro Lopes (ongoing MSc)<br>contact: <a href="mailto:pedro.lopes@ist.utl.pt" target="_blank">pedro.lopes@ist.utl.pt</a><br>
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