Re: GPL vs. sweatshops (was Re: Bias)

On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Tony Lambregts wrote:

> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp

How complete is this resource?  Are there restrictions on it I would need 
to be wary of?

> http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&lr=&q=+site:msdn.microsoft.com+ipc (Of 
> course you could probably do better yourself)

It looks like "MAPI" is the main IPC mechanism, is that right?  That's a 
messaging API; are there other IPC mechanisms as well?  (This is where 
completely unfamiliarity with Windows programming is limiting...)

> Well how about if you send an e-mail to [email protected] and maybe 
> some developer will want to help you. After all there is always room for 
> improvement.

I could, but I was trying to limit the query to people I've been bugging in 
this list. :-)

The problem is that I'm not sure if I'll have time to do it.  If I can find 
the time, I could try.  I'm wary of tying up too much developer time if I'm 
not sure I'll find enough time to be much help.

A separate issue is I have no idea where the IPC code is in Wine, or how 
much has actually been implemented already.  There's no point if the whoe 
thing is done already.  If it's partly done, I'd need to familiarize myself 
with that particular code.

I still don't know enough to know if I can help, but having the Windows 
documentation available should be useful if I ever get to that point.  At 
least it gets me closer to knowing the situation, thanks.

At a glance, it looks like Windows IPC mechanisms may be far more complex 
than those in most operating systems.  If this is the case, this might be a 
bigger task than I can hope to find time for...

Deven