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On Mon, 10 Jan 2000 22:16:41 GMT, Doug Ransom <doug_ransom@pml.com> wrote:
>A while ago there was a dicussion about selling FP.  I wonder if it can even
>be given away.
>
>For example, there is a GNU project to build an office suite (spreadsheet
>and the like). http://www.gnu.org/projects/gnue/gnue.html

If you look at the site, it's *not* about building "spreadsheets and
the like."

They specifically say so:

  "GNU Enterprise is not a system for word processing, spreadsheets
  and the like. The Gnome Workshop is a meta-project for such
  software."

Instead, they're after:

"GNU Enterprise aims at developing a set of programs that together
will form a complete system for the GNU/Linux platform and provide
functionality for most business needs in the following areas and more:

     General Ledger (Accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable) 
     Ordering 
     Manufacturing 
     Timescheduling and reporting 
     Payroll 
     Sales and Purchase 
     Inventory"

>I bet  they are using C++, and if they are, I wonder how much more
>development time and quality they will incurr relative to building in
>an FP. 

If you look at what they're working on, the languages suggested are:
a) C, due to ubiquity,
b) Python, as an available scripting language known to integrate well
   with Glade, with
c) C++ as a language mentioned, but not committed to.

If you were to contribute a significant body of code written in a FPL,
I'm sure they wouldn't boot you out...

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