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westberg
October 12th, 2005, 08:43 AM
Xara is pleased to announce that it intends to make its flagship graphics product, Xara X (in its latest and greatest incarnation, Xara Xtreme), Open Source. Xara is also working to bring it to the Linux and Mac platforms.

Nice :)

http://www.xaraxtreme.org/

23meg
October 12th, 2005, 09:19 AM
very nice indeed. at last inkscape has a serious rival ;) xara is a very mature and stable app.

rwabel
October 12th, 2005, 09:44 AM
Let's see how long it takes until a usable version is coming out

Lord Illidan
October 12th, 2005, 10:07 AM
I am quite excited about this...

The greater the choice, the more people will be inspired to use Linux.. Because if they use Windows just to use Xara, they have an incentive to switch to Linux, now.

gsuveg
October 12th, 2005, 01:06 PM
anybody have a mirror ? the site is insane slow :(

gsuveg
October 12th, 2005, 04:19 PM
im installed, but i cant draw with it, im click to type (box, etc), and it draw nothing. hmm...
:???:

primeirocrime
October 12th, 2005, 09:41 PM
they say in the xara page that it's a demo.

newbie2
October 14th, 2005, 06:20 AM
very nice indeed. at last inkscape has a serious rival ;) xara is a very mature and stable app.
"Of course we are aware of Inkscape, an existing Open Source vector graphics program that has an active developer community, but is far from complete. We've been in discussion with Inkscape people, who have enthusiastically welcomed us. Our short term goal is to create a fully working Xara Xtreme as it exists now. After that we've agreed to work with Inkscape to determine how best to create a 'best of both world's' product."
"Xara Xtreme, Open Sourced and available on Linux will make a huge difference to the platform. We believe it will significantly accelerate the acceptance of the platform as an alternative to Windows. Down the road, combine the best of Inkscape and Xara, and you've got something that has the potential to disrupt the established world that is dominated by Adobe and Microsoft."
http://www.xaraxtreme.org/news/11-10-05.html
http://digital-lifestyles.info/display_page.asp?section=cm&id=2668

ltmon
October 14th, 2005, 07:06 AM
im installed, but i cant draw with it, im click to type (box, etc), and it draw nothing. hmm...
:???:

If you find their "Status" page it says that currently they only have viewing code ported, and not the editing code -- it's an ongoing effort.

We (well those of us who can't contribute code wise) will have to wait for a fully working version I guess.

L.

phen
October 14th, 2005, 07:21 AM
how is the company going to make money out of that program? i do understand the theory with operation systems (you can install and administrate them), but with a graphics software? i don't get it....

ltmon
October 14th, 2005, 07:34 AM
how is the company going to make money out of that program? i do understand the theory with operation systems (you can install and administrate them), but with a graphics software? i don't get it....

They have a pretty comprehensive FAQ page which answers questions about their motivation: http://www.xaraxtreme.org/

L.

newbie2
October 14th, 2005, 06:18 PM
http://trends.newsforge.com/trends/05/10/13/1941236.shtml?tid=138&tid=131