Jo Dillon wrote:
> ...
> Well, I suspect that gtk/gnome will become compatible with KDE
> (KDE window hints, Qt-style gtk themes and so forth). I should imagine
> that it won't be long before one can develop KDE-compatible applications
> in gtk. If that doesn't happen I'll make it happen myself.
There's talk of abandoning GNOME now that QT is going open source. Also,
many developers- myself included- will never go back to writing GUI code in
C. I know there are C++ wrappers for GTK but they're not the same as
writing to a native C++ library.
> > Just remember that if KDE becomes the standard Linux desktop, without
> > Harmony we are giving TT a monopoly on a required library for commercial
> > Linux development. It would really suck if we allowed one company to
> > dictate the future of all future commercial Linux applications...
>
> Of course. But that won't happen.
But since they are apparently abadoning GNOME and you are abandoning
Harmony, that is happening RIGHT NOW!
> > Please keep developing Harmony!
>
> If Trolltech really started screwing developers then those same
> developers would consider it cheaper to bring Harmony out of retirement
> and fund it themselves.
Yes but by then the damage could be done. They already change the API quite
frequently- all they need to step it up a notch and add other proprietary
extensions which aren't under the QPL to thwart Harmony. Why give them a
chance? It's best to finish Harmony now before commercial software vendors
start relying on QT.
> The threat of Harmony should be enough to keep them honest.
Just like the threat of competition keeps Microsoft honest? Look, I'm not
saying that TT is an evil company. But the potential is there. Even
Microsoft was once a small company like TT. And don't think that just
because TT is not an American company they can't be as bad; I used to work
for a Norwegian software company that had the same money-grubbing ways.
Carl Thompson
