Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 14:35:50 -0700 From: Scott Blachowicz <scott@apple.statsci.com> To: "Joel N. Weber II" <devnull@gnu.ai.mit.edu> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Plugin? (Re: Complaining at Warner Brothers? ) Message-ID: <m0weSON-0006uQC@apple.statsci.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 16 Jun 1997 03:01:47 -0400." <199706160701.DAA17792@ethanol.gnu.ai.mit.edu> References: <199706160701.DAA17792@ethanol.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
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> No, plugins let the user extend the functionality of their software
> without having to have the source, or the resources to build it.
>
> I fail to see where either of these would be huge advantages.
One main advantage that I see is that it saves YOUR time. You wouldn't
have to get bugged with maintaining the extension or with requests that
you add an extension for a particular type of thing.
It also lets me (as an end user at my site) extend the functionality of
the software (by downloading & installing a plugin into my home directory)
without having to go bug our (perpetually overloaded) IS staff to
download, build and install an extension into the [presumably] site-wide
software distribution just to support my specific needs du jour.
It's just a lot less work for me to grab a file and stick it somewhere I
have access to than it is to go persuade someone else to grab the
extension, integrate it into the software's build tree, compile it and
install it, then worry about problems introduced because of the global
change.
> I'm also realizing that I need to come up with an adaquate framework
> in my code for these random pieces.
And...at least one of those random pieces could be a "plugin extension"
that someone else writes because they found it useful...:-))
> There is more to life than HTML and images :-)
<strong>Really???</strong> No <em>way!</em>
<img src="laugh.mid"> <img src="smiley.png">
Scott Blachowicz Ph: 206/283-8802x240 Mathsoft (Data Analysis Products Div)
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