Of applications and documents

[Pascal Bourguignon]

David Adam Bordoley writes:
> Stefan Urbanek requested that I forward this email from the linux step 
> general list to you guys. 
> 
> Greetings, 
> 
> Let me introduce myself. My name is dave and I have been somewhat active in 
> gnome over the last year or so, mostly with an interest in usability. I've 
> lurked on this list for a while with some interest, and thought i might add 
> some comments following some of the recent discussion about what 
> applications should be included in linuxstep. 
> 
> My first instinct is to reply that linux step should include no applications 
> at all. Of course I mean this figuratively. Instead i think linux step has a 
> real opportunity to escape the traditional application metaphor and instead 
> provide a documented oriented view of the user's system. 

How plan  you to make  it more successful  than the Lisa  (ancestor of
Macintosh) or the OpenDoc architecture?

http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macos8/Legacy/OpenDoc/opendoc.html


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__Pascal_Bourguignon__                   http://www.informatimago.com/
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