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> so why hasn't there been more uptake? Because generally, those of us who are interested in that sort of thing just use OS X. > but you can make it pretty if
by runjake 14y ago
> so why hasn't there been more uptake?
Because generally, those of us who are interested in that sort of thing just use OS X.
> but you can make it pretty if you want it to be.
I theoretically could, for a short amount of time. But Cocoa is largely developed in private by Apple.
It still sees substantial changes and additions that get flung upon us every year. Hopefully those changes could get implemented before the next June WWDC, but there aren't enough people interested in doing so.
> Why don't more people work on the project?
Again, because those people just use OS X.
In order to be successful, I think GNUstep would have to grow on its own merits, similar to how Mono has grown, with its own popular frameworks and technologies beyond just tracking Microsoft .NET. Mono also has the advantage of using C#, which is more familiar to the masses, so who knows of GNUstep could duplicate Mono's success.
Summary: The people who care just use OS X.
- kunai 14y agoI use OS X. I develop in Obj-C occasionally (usually it's just GUI mockups), but I still have an old Linux laptop from 2005, and I love using it; I'd daresay using it is more enjoyable than my MacBook Air. I don't think saying that C# is more familiar than Objective-C is really fair. Objective-C is far more widely used than C#; the amount of iPhone and iPad apps far outnumbers those of .NET applications.
- runjake 14y ago> Objective-C is far more widely used than C# > the amount of iPhone and iPad apps far outnumbers those of .NET applications. [Citation needed] Objc may be more "widely-used" in terms of end users, but I am extremely skeptical that objc programmers outnumber dotnet programmers. In fact, every survey I've seen places C# higher. I'd also wager there are far more dotnet apps than iOS apps. Virtually all Windows applications are dotnet these days. Not to mention the vast number of web apps based on dotnet.