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Date: Mon,  3 Jul 2000 09:36:22 +0000
From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] gtk port
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Randolph Fritz wrote:
> Both of those things said, I agree that gnome/gtk/gdk is not very
> 9ish.  However, having them available will make Plan 9 more accessible
> to a wider user and developer community, which seems to me likely to
> be positive.

I don't think attracting to Plan9 the kind of developer who *prefers*
GNOME is at all a positive step.  However, I see no harm in having
GTK+/GLIB implemented on Plan9; for one thing, it makes importing
useful apps that weren't developed with Plan9 in mind easier, much
as APE makes importing POSIX apps easier.