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user-inactivated  ·  3367 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Apple Unveils The iPad Pro

    We're just sitting around hoping they open-source OSX and get it over with because sweet baby jesus this is untenable.

Not going to happen, but I bet a few high end audio software vendors throwing developer time or money at GNUStep could get whatever services they need from OsX cloned so they can port elsewhere relatively easily.





kleinbl00  ·  3367 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That would be:

- Apple (not going to happen)

- Yamaha (operates on Mac and Win)

- Avid (operates on Mac and Win)

So yeah. Double-plus not going to happen.

user-inactivated  ·  3367 days ago  ·  link  ·  

GNUStep supports Windows, if you're into that. Moving a whole ecosystem is more easily done by porting the infrastructure than by rewriting all the applications.

kleinbl00  ·  3367 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, it ain't me, though.

The problem is also the plugins. You'd have to move all the plugins, and I've probably got 100 from 20 different vendors.

Sucks.