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Almost all software has a primary platform. There are a lot of free software apps where windows is either not a priority, or where the devs refuse to implement

Almost all software has a primary platform. There are a lot of free software apps where windows is either not a priority, or where the devs refuse to implement patches that improve how it works under windows. Additionally, this is just one engine that node supports, in addition to v8, and I assume that with this, other engines can, or could be added in the future. Node's goal is to be a javascript server platform, and that means having hooks both upward and downward to make developers' jobs easier.

jeswin 11y ago
> Almost all software has a primary platform. I have no disagreement with software having a primary platform. However, it would make a lot of sense for open source software to choose an open source platform as primary. Add: I guess what I'm saying is, if you're making enhancements to an existing Open Source project which already works on non-proprietary platforms, it would be better if those enhancements work equally well on non-proprietary platforms.
- dogma1138 11y ago
  There are tons of FOSS/OSS projects for which OSX is the main platform. Windows isn't exactly a "proprietary" platform, the OS is closed source and proprietary is but it's the wrong definition to use to describe it as a platform especially today with PAAS/IAAS. Windows isn't free that's true but as far as PAAS (Azure/Azure-Like) goes it's not really a critical part of the pricing, and even for IAAS it's not that important. One could also say that RHEL, SLES and the likes are proprietary distributions of Linux, they are open source, but proprietary none the less.
  - malandrew 11y ago
    What remarkable or known FOSS/OSS projects are OS X as the main or only platform that aren't inherently platform specific like homebrew? I can't think of one open source project that I use that is only available on OS X or primarily an OS X project.
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jeswin 11y ago

> Almost all software has a primary platform. I have no disagreement with software having a primary platform. However, it would make a lot of sense for open source software to choose an open source platform as primary. Add: I guess what I'm saying is, if you're making enhancements to an existing Open Source project which already works on non-proprietary platforms, it would be better if those enhancements work equally well on non-proprietary platforms.

dogma1138 11y ago
There are tons of FOSS/OSS projects for which OSX is the main platform. Windows isn't exactly a "proprietary" platform, the OS is closed source and proprietary is but it's the wrong definition to use to describe it as a platform especially today with PAAS/IAAS. Windows isn't free that's true but as far as PAAS (Azure/Azure-Like) goes it's not really a critical part of the pricing, and even for IAAS it's not that important. One could also say that RHEL, SLES and the likes are proprietary distributions of Linux, they are open source, but proprietary none the less.
- malandrew 11y ago
  What remarkable or known FOSS/OSS projects are OS X as the main or only platform that aren't inherently platform specific like homebrew? I can't think of one open source project that I use that is only available on OS X or primarily an OS X project.
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