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Re: New "overview" text


From: David Ayers
Subject: Re: New "overview" text
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:16:58 +0200
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Scott Stevenson wrote:
[sniped current overview]
> 
> This is the first thing somebody might read about GNUstep, so it's 
> pretty important to point out the shared lineage with Cocoa/OpenStep. 
> Establishing that it's not a window manager seems secondary (and just a 
> reflection of current events).

I agree.

> "GNUstep is a cross-platform, object-oriented framework for desktop 
> application development. Based on the OpenStep specification originally 
> created by NeXT (now Apple), GNUstep enables developers to rapidly 
> build sophisticated software by employing a large library of reusable 
> software components. GNUstep is used in production environments at 
> several organizations.
> 
> "GNUstep itself is not an operating system, window manager or desktop 
> environment, though there are several desktop environments in 
> development that are based on it. (More...)"

It has my vote.

Thanks,
David

PS: Minor tweak suggestion:
s/by employing a large library/by employing comprehensive libraries/





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