[gcasa]

It's not about NeXT or WindowMaker or anything like that. I don't care about the NeXT look and feel and as you can see from the video and the screenshots GNUstep has moved away from that look.

I should point out that there are anumber of companies who have moved their products to Windows using GNUstep. THIS is the point of GNUstep, to allow both development of new projects and porting of existing projects to other platforms without the need for much code change. There are two examples of companies which do this today:

http://www.testplant.com - Testplant ported their EggPlant app (a testing app which is script driven) which is the core of their company to Windows. NOW the revenue from the Windows version makes up more than 2/3rds of the company's revenue.

http://www.apportable.com - Got an Android? Got an android that runs any game which is familiar to you from iOS... well, guess what... chances are these guys probably ported it... and they used GNUstep to do it. GNUstep is currently running on millions of devices out there.

So the sentiment "just get a mac" in this context, makes absolutely no sense at all and, in fact, completely misses the point.

Greg C.

[weavie]

Using GNUstep to develop Android apps is a HUGE win. You really should push this angle more. Look at the success Xamarin have with their 1 language for multiple mobile devices solution. You have the same thing going.

[stefanve]

you really should put the essence of this commend on the kick starter page. It makes it absolutely clear why I should care and why it is a cool project.

edit: Both company's that you mention should just sponsor the project and/or pay you to work on it full time as this is the backbone of there business