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Re: NXT What Programming Languages + Open source?
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 2 Nov 2006 19:39:17 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, John Hansen wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics, Ross Crawford wrote:
> > In lugnet.robotics, John Hansen wrote:
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> > > I suspect that the firmware sourcecode will be released very soon. Once it is I
> > > think that non-open source solutions will quickly fade into obscurity.
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> > Not sure I agree with that sentiment - I think there will always be a place
> > closed-source programming environments, as long as they provide quality
> > solutions with useful features, and good support.
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> Before long there simply won't be a reason to pay for an alternate firmware and
> a second-rate development environment.
That's why I qualified it by saying "as long as they provide quality solutions
with useful features, and good support". Yes, RobotC has a way to go before it
gets to the commercially acceptable stage, but that doesn't mean it won't.
And there's also no reason to suppose that an open-source solution couldn't be
commercially viable either - Linux is a great open source operating system, but
many companies now make good money selling and supporting their particular
distributions and tools.
ROSCO
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| (...) I am not wishing that they fade into obscurity. I just will be extremely surprised if they don't. Already a single not very bright individual with no monetary funds, working in his spare time has produced an open source IDE that is 10-times (...) (18 years ago, 2-Nov-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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