Kylix was great. But too late and aimed at a Linux desktop market that never took off. Who'd imagine then that a semi-open system based on Linux and JVM would power most of the mobile world and a closed system based on BSD would generate a huge part of the paying app world?
Call me crazy (if you wish), but I predict the day of the Linux desktop has yet to come (and it will), ironically propelled into demand by the "Rent A Window" OS to come.
Jostradamus also foretells a day when the climate change in the Pacific Northwest causes tumbleweeds to blow across one large former campus in Redmond Washington, (collecting against the NE side of building 11). The local government has voted to foreclose on campus for back unpaid taxes, and turns the campus into a rent-a-prison.
Finally, a great investment is made to bring an online version of Kylix to the new Linux Desktop market, but fails to find even one single developer to adopt the tool, as no one will believe the tool will be supported long enough to get a "recharge".
And the Linux tool of choice used to rule the word?
The closest we'll get to a Linux desktop, is Android and ChromeOS imo. Technically, I guess OSX is even closer. As for actual Linux desktops - I think the Linux world is too fragmented to ever get there.
yeah.I have Kylix and I even had a working program for Linux desktop...but then that landacape kept on changing, and Kylix did not keep up...I ended up using Lazarus..waiting for XE? with Linux support :)
Fragmented as it may be, if it's not Windows, under the hood, there is (probably) a >99% chance it's some flavor of Unix/Linux/BSD.
And that goes for Phone, Tablets, Desktops (and the Pi Device Du Jour).
Around here, we just call it "iChomeLUnix", and for most programming tasks, when it comes to fragmentation actually making much of a difference, the only things that really seems to matter is hooking up the UI and the GyroCameraThingymigger.
Embarcadero seems to be doing a very fine job of providing a common wrapper for the GyroCameraThingymigger, and if it could just find a way to firemonkey a few pixels to the display, and form up some windows, menus, and buttons, (and stop trying to wrap whatever is already there), fragmentation might not matter much at all, and we could all follow Embarcadero onto every desktop and device that comes forth, both now and well into the future, no matter what it is.
"He who owns the windows, owns the system" (or something like that).
I need to quit my soapboxing and get some sleep... or write some code... yah.. I'll go write some code.
I'll admit, it does need a bit of ironing
ReplyDeleteNaah, Linux always has a wrinkle or two :)
ReplyDeleteYeah, I remember the excitement. I even bought Kylix 1 and 3, and got Kylix 2 for free somewhere.
ReplyDeleteKylix was great. But too late and aimed at a Linux desktop market that never took off. Who'd imagine then that a semi-open system based on Linux and JVM would power most of the mobile world and a closed system based on BSD would generate a huge part of the paying app world?
ReplyDeleteI kave a black one t-shirt like that
ReplyDeleteCall me crazy (if you wish), but I predict the day of the Linux desktop has yet to come (and it will), ironically propelled into demand by the "Rent A Window" OS to come.
ReplyDeleteJostradamus also foretells a day when the climate change in the Pacific Northwest causes tumbleweeds to blow across one large former campus in Redmond Washington, (collecting against the NE side of building 11). The local government has voted to foreclose on campus for back unpaid taxes, and turns the campus into a rent-a-prison.
Finally, a great investment is made to bring an online version of Kylix to the new Linux Desktop market, but fails to find even one single developer to adopt the tool, as no one will believe the tool will be supported long enough to get a "recharge".
And the Linux tool of choice used to rule the word?
Lylix LazStudio ZE-42.
OK, I probably need some sleep! 73
TJoe(h^);
The closest we'll get to a Linux desktop, is Android and ChromeOS imo. Technically, I guess OSX is even closer. As for actual Linux desktops - I think the Linux world is too fragmented to ever get there.
ReplyDeleteyeah.I have Kylix and I even had a working program for Linux desktop...but then that landacape kept on changing, and Kylix did not keep up...I ended up using Lazarus..waiting for XE? with Linux support :)
ReplyDeleteLars Fosdal
ReplyDeleteFragmented as it may be, if it's not Windows, under the hood, there is (probably) a >99% chance it's some flavor of Unix/Linux/BSD.
And that goes for Phone, Tablets, Desktops (and the Pi Device Du Jour).
Around here, we just call it "iChomeLUnix", and for most programming tasks, when it comes to fragmentation actually making much of a difference, the only things that really seems to matter is hooking up the UI and the GyroCameraThingymigger.
Embarcadero seems to be doing a very fine job of providing a common wrapper for the GyroCameraThingymigger, and if it could just find a way to firemonkey a few pixels to the display, and form up some windows, menus, and buttons, (and stop trying to wrap whatever is already there), fragmentation might not matter much at all, and we could all follow Embarcadero onto every desktop and device that comes forth, both now and well into the future, no matter what it is.
"He who owns the windows, owns the system" (or something like that).
I need to quit my soapboxing and get some sleep... or write some code... yah.. I'll go write some code.
Joe
We still use Kylix for building the Linux version of server applications, with mORMot. In fact, its old compiler just rocks, and is a great alternative to FPC under Linux.
ReplyDeleteSee http://synopse.info/files/html/Synopse%20mORMot%20Framework%20SAD%201.18.html#TITLE_553