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Mono man accuses Mac Gtk+ fans of jeopardizing Linux desktop (the Register)

Mono man accuses Mac Gtk+ fans of jeopardizing Linux desktop (the Register)
[Press] Posted Jul 17, 2008 17:29 UTC (Thu) by cook

the Register reports on recent comments by Miguel de Icaza concerning the future of GTK+. "Miguel de Icaza has criticized plans for the next GNU Gnome cross-platform environment that risks damaging the Linux desktop ISV ecosystem by focusing on the Mac. De Icaza, leading the Mono and Moonlight cross-platform .NET projects at Novell, has warned a "new crop" of developers pushing plans for Gtk+ 3 risk "throwing away years of work" on Gtk+. They're also failing to recognize the value of having an ISV ecosystem working to put Gnome on Linux. Gtk+ is the tool set for building the Gnome graphical user interface, with version three the next planned major update."

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