From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262337AbTJGQTK (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Oct 2003 12:19:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262364AbTJGQTJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Oct 2003 12:19:09 -0400 Received: from gprs149-208.eurotel.cz ([160.218.149.208]:2178 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262337AbTJGQTF (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Oct 2003 12:19:05 -0400 Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 17:37:03 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Jesse Pollard Cc: "Giacomo A. Catenazzi" , David Lang , Krishna Akella , Paul Jakma , kartikey bhatt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Can't X be elemenated? Message-ID: <20031007153703.GD323@elf.ucw.cz> References: <3F82780C.8080408@pixelized.ch> <20031007121825.GA323@elf.ucw.cz> <03100709470200.30416@tabby> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <03100709470200.30416@tabby> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > > Do you want only one distribution for user, one for small companies, one > > > for schools,...? Do you want only one web server implementation? Only one > > > filesystem per task (only one journaling FS)? > > > Are they all "historical accident"? > > > > Well, I'm pretty glad there's only one glibc, and only one http > > protocol, and only one X protocol. And it would be way better if there > > was just one toolkit commonly used on Linux. > > Pavel > Ah... Only one sized screwdriver.... > > Actually, I prefer multiple -- each competing to try and gain > dominance. > Motif does it all... Unfortunately, it tends to be very SLOW... and HUGE ... > > QT/GTK... originally designed for different purposes. QT had "propriataryness" ... > > Both are nearly equal now (due to common goals), though cut/paste could be > improved (same is true with Motif - and I know focus control is terrible in > Motif; they even document that it is unreliable). > > And yet.. there are times when I need something VERY light weight, and > globally portable. So I started my own for a specific application > where Well, in one of previous mails I said that "one per goal" is the right thing. So it is okay for "small" toolkits to exists, but I do not like qt vs. gtk, because they have identical goals. Anyway, this is off-topic for linux-kernel, and I guess we should end here. Pavel -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?]