From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FqyXz-0007VC-B8 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:34:35 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FqyXx-0007Ui-RH for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:34:34 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FqyXx-0007Ub-Lw for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:34:33 -0400 Received: from [64.233.184.228] (helo=wr-out-0506.google.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FqyhQ-0003z4-Qw for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:44:20 -0400 Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 68so461945wri for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 13:34:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4491C457.2080402@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:34:31 -0400 From: Joe Lee MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] VMware Player References: <44902362.2000406@gmail.com> <200606141601.59936.paul@codesourcery.com> <4490310D.7060303@gmail.com> <44903504.1070707@gmx.de> <1150357642.5679.7.camel@excellence.kicks-ass.net> <9b0d5f320606150618q25cd2b51v6a2ee6fc951f26b9@mail.gmail.com> <44916C36.50505@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: joelee724@gmail.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Johannes Schindelin Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 15 Jun 2006, Joe Lee wrote: > > >>> Some of us appriciate the fact that qemu has no "GUI" per se. ;0) >>> >> Your right! the keyword is "some" but not all. I think if QEMU is to be >> adopted by the masses it will need to come up with a quality GUI-Frontend. >> > > You're right! However, as Julian pointed out: it is less than fascinating > to work on a GUI, _especially_ if it is for the masses who tend to > criticize without contributing*Footnote 1*. > > So, unless the people who want a GUI so badly do it themselves, I think > they will have to hire somebody to do it for them. Remember: since it is > free, there is customer, and therefore no customer can be lost! > > Ciao, > Dscho > > [1] I remember we had a great discussion on this list, where somebody > thought it would be such a good idea to _demand_ features. And since it is > Open Source, the good developers should work for free. > > > BTW, I am curious to know how much would it cost to develop a good GUI-Frontend for QEMU that would be comparable to VMware. How much man hours would this likely take? Joe