[boost] Re: [gui] Concerning Scope (Was: thoughts on a GUI component library)

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-24 11:56:15

Alan Gutierrez wrote:

>     Q - 2) Yes.
> 
>     If the project is to develop a GUI library using modern C++,
>     then Boost is the right place. Boost has the community. Boost
>     has the knowledge.
> 
>     Developing a GUI library is a complex undertaking. Startging out
>     with a new community slows things down considerably. 
> 
>     Building a community takes time. Establishing mailing lists
>     takes time. Setting up a web site takes time. Choosing a name
>     takes time.
> 
>     Upon success of the project, it is likely to need a separate
>     umberella, but until then, building a community to support a
>     project so complex, to me, is far more daunting than the
>     software itself.

I don't know if this is what you're suggesting, but I can't
overemphasize how odious I find the idea of capitalizing on Boost's
ready-made community, knowledge, and mailing lists, only to take the
successful project away later and run it under "a separate umbrella."

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
http://www.boost-consulting.com