Order of the Butterfly
Posts: 188 from 2011/11/16
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Jim wrote:
>MUI is closed source anyway.
Is it?
Were the rights wholly transferred to the MorphOS development team, or does Stefan Stuntz, who Andre once refereed to as "[the]creator of MUI (Magic User Interface)" still retain rights?
Obviously Stuntz doesn't object to these new projects.
Well, Stefan Stuntz
>>is<< still part of the MorphOS team. No just as a name in some about window. You can turn facts as often as you want on this.
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Jim wrote:Yes, our developers have enhanced Stefan's creation.
No they didn´t. They took some old Porsche design (Beetle) and modified it as much as it takes to look like a real Porsche, but it isn´t.
Also adding new features to FrankenMUI does not make it more or better. Some of these features are even unwanted by the original MUI design, but who cares what the original developers and the official maintainers say. Just add all the crab and hope for the best.
I personally stumpled over MUI issues on OS4 before the V4 mess. Thats why I discontinued supporting/creating OS4 binaries for my applications. Support/Debugging ate more time than I wanted to spent.
I am looking forward to see the whole FrankenMUI4 building collapse. When fixing compatiblity problems results in non working applications.
OS4, AROS and OS3 do not have a proper MUI4. They never had. They just have bits and pieces needed to make some applications work.
In one thing you are wrong... fixing compatibility to what? MUI5 on MorphOS? The simple result will be there will be MUI applications that only work on one platform and will never be ported because too much work or simple impossible.
