[uae] Re: Will there be a upcoming E-UAE release?
- From: Bernd Schmidt <bernds_cb1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: uae@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:32:00 +0100
timofonic timofonic wrote:
> It's not just about what do users need from WinUAE that UAE and E-UAE
> don't have, that's the smaller part of the problem.
>
> The important thing is having an alive and maintained project that is
> available on different platforms so people can enjoy their Amiga
> software on any kind of platform and then Amiga can survive over the
> years thanks to that project.
UAE and E-UAE are multiplatform. WinUAE has chosen not to be.
> WinUAE is for Microsoft platforms, E-UAE is multiplatform. The problem
> is that both need a project infrastructure, look at other successful
> Free/Open Source projects and you will see what is needed.
Needed for what? What's the goal, or to repeat my question, what do you
need that UAE or E-UAE don't already have?
> I hope to be wrong, but it seems certain developers don't understand
> how successful FOSS projects work and how communities are important
> for the progress of the projects.
UAE was a wildly successful FOSS project ten, fifteen years ago. My
impression is that
a) it's a mature project so it doesn't really attract new developers
b) most people have forgotten the Amiga by now
Bernd
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