[Lazarus] The future of desktop

[Danny Weldon]

Seems like we're not the only ones discussing
the future of desktop apps:

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/12/04/0346251/the-desktop-is-dead-long-live-the-desktop


On 5 December 2013 06:30, vfclists . <vfclists at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 4 December 2013 20:20, Florian Klämpfl <florian at freepascal.org> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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> 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
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Danny