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    Re: Update and news from Charles Moir

    I agree with Jed... It seems Xara approached this project with distrust and uncertainty from the beginning. Had they approached it with a more optimistic outlook, the project could have been a huge...
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    Re: Update and news from Charles Moir

    Yes, that is true at the moment. That has to do with the fact that Xara never really attracted a large number of Linux users/developers, this is in part due to the CDraw issue. But, that doesn't...
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    Re: Update and news from Charles Moir

    The problem is that a Cairo implementation is going to be somewhat slower. Cairo doesn't yet have the speed optimizations that would allow it to complete with CDraw. QT would probably be a much...
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    Re: Update and news from Charles Moir

    Unfortunately, I think the Xara developers sealed the fate of this project when they allowed it to stagnate, supposedly to focus on the commercial Windows version. Also, their unwillingness or...
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    Re: Update and news from Charles Moir

    This is good news for Linux users because it means yet another choice and a and hopefully one that will not see the stagnation that has occurred here in this project.

    Although Cairo does need some...
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    Re: Update and news from Charles Moir

    I think Charles Moir is a bit mistaken on some of the assumptions he makes.

    While many Linux users do use some closed commercial software. It is largely restricted to that of which there is no...
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