Carl Thompson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
> 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.
Well, true. But we're talking about commercial developers being able
to write apps without paying for Qt here. I'm saying they can do that.
> > > 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!
From what I've heard /one developer/ has stopped doing Gnome. I don't think
Gnome will go away.
> > > 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.
If they start relying on Qt they'll be prepared to finish Harmony.
I don't see that as worse than hurting Trolltech now by writing Harmony
and eating their profits - not now they've gone open source.
> > 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.
>
I'm British myself, I have no notions about the uniqueness of greed
to America ;) But I don't think it's an issue here.
> Carl Thompson
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Jo
Harmony - the project to create an LGPL Qt clone
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