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Robb Shecter wrote: > Tyler Baker wrote: > > > I wrote: > > > >...this month's Linux Journal - > > > it describes how -both- up and coming desktop environments are basing > > > major parts of their architectures on CORBA. KDE's so cool it makes me > > > want to learn C++. :) > > > > > Prediction: In 3 years, half the people on this list will be using a > > > corba-based desktop environment. > > > > Not likely. My biggest problem with CORBA was that it was too huge for the client and > > consumed too many resources. > > Actually, I was implying that half of us will be using Linux, and therefore Corba, because it's > now in the desktop environments. I -was- exagerating, but I think it's not extreme to predict > that in 2-3 years Linux (with KDE or GNOME) will have broken out of the hacker-only world, and > onto the desktop. After not using Linux since my college days, I bought I copy of RedHat 5.2 last weekend. I would be using Linux already except that the JDK for Linux (Kaffe) has not been up to speed with Java 2 (that I think is mostly SUN's fault). Kaffe is a great VM and the work that TransVirtual is doing with Java has been very impressive. I am not so sure about your latter statement though. That is more a function of marketing than anything. Linux is a lot easier to install and is a lot easier to use, but it still is not what I would consider "dumb" enough for the masses who use Windows 98 and the IMac. Tyler xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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