GNOME and high-level languages

GNOME and high-level languages

Posted May 12, 2005 8:14 UTC (Thu) by vgough (guest, #2781)
In reply to: GNOME and high-level languages by dhess
Parent article: A new Harmony Project

Quote:I think RedHat is fighting a losing battle. RedHat appears to be unable to generate any excitement in the GNOME community about Java, at least not outside the company (maybe even inside the company). This is in stark contrast to what's happening with Novell and C#. I don't know how such decisions are made by the GNOME project, but given the momentum behind C# in the GNOME developer circles, I find it hard to believe that Mono-based software won't soon be shipping with GNOME.

This reminds me of RedHat's stance on KDE years ago, and it is sad to see what appears to be the same situation brewing. I was a user/supporter of RedHat for a long time, but eventually moved to Mandrake (and then Suse) because RedHat wouldn't give me what I wanted on my desktop -- KDE.

Obviously both Java and C# have a significant mindshare and aren't going away anytime soon. Just like with KDE, eventually RedHat is going to have to realize they need to ship what their customers' want. Having some secret objection to C# isn't going to cut it. It is hard to garner support from open source people by displaying a closed-source mentality (the whole "we have reasons but can't talk about them" bit). In order to build bridges, the first step is open dialog.

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