Is Gnome becoming a Microsoft project?

[Tim]

On Wed, 2012-07-04 at 21:29 +0200, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote:
> If people like it's syntax it's theirs decision.

Syntax error...

Sorry, I could not resist, but that sentence was just begging for it.

Anyway, getting back to the subject of Java, the often vaunted claim
that it's platform independent doesn't hold up.  Frequently Java
programs will only work as expected on a certain interpreter, on a
certain underlying OS.  With Java-originated applications, they nearly
always need to specially tweak the programming to make versions that
will be run on different operating systems.

Trying to be vendor neutral can only work if you're the lowest common
denominator.  Using the few features that are common to most/all OSs
means that you cannot make use of the special features only available on
other ones.  That makes for a dull and restricted application.

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