Well, I need to still look into this more myself, so I don't have all
the answers yet like those of you who have explored this more already,
but I'm not sure why this has to be a half baked solution. Also, even
though developers have been dealing with cross platform development for
a while doesn't mean it can't be improved or that this won't open up
some more opportunities for developers to quickly make some applications
available on multiple platforms. I'm also thinking of the cloud where
developers might want to manage multiple operating systems, like Windows
and Ubuntu running in clouds such as Azure or AWS. Providing the ability
to quickly build a framework based on tools common to both Windows and
Ubuntu seems like it would be a good idea in this situation.
For me, I like seeing new innovative things being done and offered. Let
things like this be made available and see if any bright developers or
users out there want to take advantage of it. If it doesn't work then it
doesn't harm me at all, but if it does then who knows what I'll now have
access to. I'm just glad there are people out there trying new things
and not just listening to the nay sayers who are happy with what they
have and think everyone else should be as well.
On 24/07/16 12:27, Kyle wrote:
I'm not exactly sure why developers would want this either. Windows
developers already had Visual Studio, which they apparently love, and
GNU/Linux developers will continue using GNU/Linux, where all the
development software anyone could dream of is free and open source.
Developers, more even than regular users, want a complete solution, not
some half-baked attempt at GNU in a Microsoft environment. They will
either go for 100% Microsoft in the Windows + Visual Studio, or they
will develop for GNU/Linux. Cross-platform developers will continue
doing what they have always done, which means running multiple OS's and
building for each one individually. I guess maybe people building
Rockbox who have used GNU/Linux to build it for years will possibly be
able to fully build it in a Windows environment without Cygwin, but
what's the point, especially when they've already been using GNU/Linux
for years to do that?
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