iamaboringperson wrote:
and what if i dont use GCC or dont have it installed?
or if i prefer reaction or some other gui kit to MUI? my OS, or software, or ME or whatever is deemed 'uncomplient with the openamiga specifications'??
I think the idea is that GCC or MUI should be available on all the platforms, not that you personally have to have it installed. Certainly, having a common compiler and GUI toolkit makes porting to multiple platforms a lot easier than if they all have different compilers and different toolkits.
If you prefer the Reaction UI, then fine, use Reaction programs, no one is stopping you. If you prefer it from the point of view as a developer then again, fine, but don't expect to be able to port your program to the various Amiga platforms that OpenAmiga covers, since Reaction isn't available on all of them.
anybody can start up a web site, put a few old amiga favorites down - and call it a standard
True, what makes it a standard is whether people support it or not. But even if not, it still stands as a list of APIs which are available across the various Amiga platforms that they list (ie, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and AROS). That "anyone can do it" is beside the point, if previously no one had done it.
