Pinoy said:I happen to have used Kylix in the past and have, from time to time, read messages related to it, and I must say that I have read of horror stories about updated linux libraries (glibc etc) interfering with other applications.
In fact, Borland (yep, the developer tools company) has a policy similar to what you stated in your post. They only provide technical support for Kylix on Linux distros (with specific versions) that they officially support.
Being able to see the source code of Linux could, sometimes, mean nothing when the "higher ups" in the Linux community try to pass the buck back to you. Again, this is the feedback I got from following the Kylix saga (if you're interested, search google for Danny Thorpe. He's the Delphi & Kylix Compiler Guy and he's got lots to tell you about Linux, and IIRC, the Linux Loader problem). :sweatsm:
Dang. We're getting technical now, aren't we.
Now let's get back to the virus and firewall thingy. ;p
:Later,
Hehehe..... as I said, the developer cannot provide me with stupid reason such as "That is Microsoft Library's fault, we can't see the problem" .....
Developer will bound to have problem when newer version is introduced in whichever platform, however, in Windows it will pass all the problem to the End user as both side refused to accept responsiblity. In an open source enviroment, the developer cannot give comment such as "Sorry, I don't really know what's the problem".
For Kylix, well, They are earning money from it, they had to work for it. If they wanted cross platform, they will have to live with it, noticeably x-platform is more complicated then single platform. If they only create "Linux" edition, or "Windows" only Edition, then they will have lesser problems. Noticeably, they will not need to link to existing graphical libraries and instead write their own library to work properly with existing system.