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[NMLUG] NASA World Wind 1.3 released - only on W2K/XP platform!
On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 17:27 -0500, Steve Milo wrote:
> Too expensive to develop for a GNU/Linux platform? A GNU/Linux port?
> Last time I checked vi and Perl, HTML, XML are free, in addition there are
> tens of other utilities (MathXML, PNG) available for free to anyone with
> a computer and an internet connection. Just bring desire to learn.
>
> You will have to excuse my sardonic tone but quite frankly I am not buying
> the argument that developing with C# or DirectX is actually less
> expensive or requires less effort. I hear this half-baked argument
> all the time at the college I go to, from the people I refer to as
> 'Microsoft Majors'. They are students who are taught, no, indoctrinated
> in the arts of utilizing proprietary software exclusively.
> But when it comes time to actually do something ingenious they cant
> wrap their minds around how a computer actually works on the inside.
> There are plenty of books out there on how to do image processing
> with Perl (lets not forget C and C++, if you arent fairly proficient in C
> then quite frankly you do not belong in CompSci).
> All are programming languages that are based on sound Computer Science.
>
> Where have I earned the right to talk this kind of trash? I am 30+yo,
> laid-off from Wall Street after five years, while there I had initiated
> the use of Perl in my department. All done without, what some people
> would call, the benefit of a College Degree. There is something called
> motivational learning, drive. What happened to you guys at NASA since
> your Apollo hey-days?
>
> Despite the lefitst leanings of the majority of its users, GNU/Linux is
> more American than any closed source peice of crap proprietary software
> (or anything that masquerades as FreeSoftware, Java, C#, PHP, gimme a
> break!)
> Freedom of communication is the original intent of the First Amendment.
> If there was ever a communistic style of doing business it is
> proprietary software (closed society, nothing gets done unless the piper
> is paid.)
>
> Again, forgive my sardonic tone but I have seen too many so called
> CompSci majors fall short of their abilities due to lowered expectations.
>
> A few closing notes, this is in no way intended to dimish this great
> service you guys are bringing to the public. Overall, as an American I am
> proud of NASA and all you guys have accomplished.
> Lastly, the sentiments expressed here are entirely my opinion.
>
> Steve M
>
Steve .... get a job and quit being so pissed off :p
How dare you speak ill of Java :). Anyone can write their own
implementation. Don't forget about
gcj,kaffe,blackdown,sablevm,jamvm,classpath,gij , etc..
have a nice day,
jd
> On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Steve Browne wrote:
>
> > NASA today announced the release of World Wind 1.3, the global aerial
> > photograph program.
> >
> > "World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on
> > Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar
> > Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain
> > in visually rich 3D, just as if you were really there."
> >
> > http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
> >
> > In spite of being "open source", the initial release is only for
> > Windows. In a forum, the key developer wrote (last September):
> >
> > "I'm the lead and (so far) only programmer behind the NASA World Wind
> > project. I've mentioned elsewhere in the forum some of the reasons for
> > using Microsoft based-technologies, but the basic reason is that given
> > our extremely limited budget and resources for this educational
> > software tool, using C# and Managed DirectX was the only way to get a
> > deliverable out to the public in short order. We want a Linux and
> > especially an OSX port for World Wind, and this will happen sooner
> > rather than later. However, we are still trying to finalize certain
> > features and functionality that are best done using our current
> > development suite, but we want World Wind to be ported to other
> > operating systems and we are actively seeking partnerships to
> > accomplish this goal.
> >
> > Since this is open-source, we encourage any OSX programmers to start a
> > port and we will try our best to provide whatever resources we can
> > towards the effort. Right now our development staff consists of one
> > programmer and one graphics designer, but we are an ambitious duo so
> > we will do our very best to please everyone. (smile.gif)
> >
> > Chris Maxwell
> > Lead Developer (World Wind)
> > NASA Learning Technolgies"
> >
> > Do we have any Linux programmers here who might like to devote time to
> > a Linux port? If you are interested, contact
> >
> > Administrative Contact & Comments:
> > Patrick Hogan
> > E-mail Patrick.Hogan@nasa.gov
> > Phone 1(650) 604-5656
> >
> > I don't know if NASA can hire anyone on an outsource basis, even pro
> > bono, but it would be interesting to find out.
> > Stephen B. Browne
> > sbrowne@ix.netcom.com
> > "Ubi bene, ibi patria."
> >
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