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From: mcneills@landcareresearch.co.nz (Stephen McNeill)
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Subject: Re: GWindows and David Botton
Date: 27 Sep 2004 14:23:13 -0700
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Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> wrote in message news:<cj916q$8as$1@a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>...
 
> I hope that Randy Brukardt's and Tom Moran's respective offers (making
> the rest of CLAW GMGPLed, which, if I understand correctly, will include
> the media packages) are not deliberately ignored?
> 
> Or is there some technical profit in not co-ordinating efforts?
> I guess Ada vendors have customer who do already use CLAW. Will
> they be attracted to another great effort likely to be very similar
> to CLAW, and abandon a supported product (CLAW) that already meets
> their needs?
> What kind of support can they expect?
> 
> Conversly, imagine that for a Windows bindings project you had
> - RR Software's experience in building Windows bindings
> - CLAW customers' interest in the project if based on CLAW
> - and possibly other vendors' (and customers') interest in an
>   alternative high level Ada binding.
> 
> 
> -- Georg

Georg, that is a fair point. That is one of the reasons why (in a
message a few weeks ago I think) I asked whether it was important to
continue working with GWindows, or alternatively give it a decent
burial. If the consensus is to stand in behind CLAW, then provided
there is some general assurance that it is likely to survive, with a
basic cost that is generally acceptable to a reasonable range of
users, then I shall stand in line to offer help.

Stephen