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

[Corey Burger]

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.

CMake is fair from the magic bullet you claim it is. The GNOME
project, amongst other large projects, have rejected CMake. Further,
the build system does not save you from cross platform coding and
dealing with another system. Further, simply building it on another
system is not enough. You also have to debug it on that system, a
massive and time consuming task. Hence I believe the KDE project to
have all of KDE running windows will fail, simply from lack of bodies
and interest.

Corey