Xmingwin For Cross Generation Applications 108
An anonymous reader writes "Xmingwin makes it practical to generate Windows programs from a Linux server. This column gives a recipe for setting up Xmingwin, outlines the most important reasons for doing so and shows you how to generate executables for multiple platforms -- including Windows DLLs -- from a single Linux source."
ohhh maaaan (Score:5, Insightful)
Of course it also help linux break into places it wasn't allowed before, so i've got to say bravo for that!
Still, should be running BSD
Xmingwin? (Score:5, Insightful)
I know this might sound like a troll but I'm serious about this. Projects do themselves no favors by adopting badly thought out names. A confusing name makes it less likely that I will use or evangelize this software. When someone asks me for a recommendation for a software platform for generating Windows executables on our Linux servers I'll be embarassed to say Xmingwin (I work in a corporate environment). Its hard to say, hard for someone to understand when said and worse it sounds amateurish. Its almost as bad as Ogg Vorbis: very geek-cool to use Klingon but the kiss of death in a serious corporate environment.
This isn't a slam on open source - god knows there are too many dumb names in the closed source world - but a plea for developers to think about naming. Its an important part of getting your technology talked about and accepted.
Re:ohhh maaaan (Score:2, Insightful)
I would have thought the more choice and flexibility the better.
Re:Xmingwin? (Score:4, Insightful)