[Lazarus] The future of desktop

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On 4 December 2013 20:20, Florian Klämpfl <florian at freepascal.org> wrote:

> Am 04.12.2013 21:08, schrieb Avishai:
> > There's very little interest because it simply can't do the job.  If
> > you're looking to buy a new car, you don't stop at a motorcycle shop.
> >  If Lazarus could overcome just a few of the major obstacles I think
> > there would be RightToLeft people that would make the effort to create a
> > great RightToLeft tool.
>
> If the guys who started lazarus, would have thought the same, there
> would be no lazarus at all. If an OSS tool misses a certain feature,
> then there is simply not enough interest, else somebody who needs it,
> would implement it. Period.
>
>
> --
>

I think the problem is more of an issue of newcomers confidence that they
can dive into the codebase and start tackling stuff, or at least they can
find someone to guide them if they want to. Systems programming is not an
easy area to get involved with and there are many developers who have never
had to get anywhere close to that kind of programming. It all looks rather
daunting for those who may not be so proficient at Pascal or experienced in
low level programming


-- 
Frank Church

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