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

From: christopher diggins (cdiggins_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-24 12:35:11

> 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."

This directly concerns me because I have a lot at stake with the upcoming 
Boost Interfaces Library. When it is proposed to Boost and goes through the 
inevitable evolution, if it doesn't meet my rather stringent guidelines I 
will be forced to create my own version of the library. Would doing so be 
odious? It seems to me that if a new project is spawned, then it becomes 
healthy competition for Boost and promotes technological progress.

Christopher Diggins
http://www.cdiggins.com
http://www.heron-language.com