Ian Hilliard wrote: > On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:01:43 -0800, Rex Ballard wrote: > >> The irony is that Linux actually had easier to use tools. Tools like >> Python, Perl/TK, GTK, and Java AWT made it really easy to create really >> simple and effective GUI interfaces to Linux applications. On the >> other hand, coding GUI interfaces in C or C++ with core toolkits was a >> bit more challenging. Microsoft was also really promoting the >> dailights out of Visual Basic as the primary interface - partly to make >> sure that applications could not be easily ported to Linux. > > Back in the mid-90's, Unix had X11 and Motif. There was a clone of Motif > for Linux, but it was on very shakey ground. It was expected to be banned, > as an illegal copy, at any time. Programming X11 directly was a great > recipe for insanity. Motif was a little better, but not much. > > Microsoft came out with Visual Studio, where it was possible for a > programmer, who didn't really understand about programming graphics, to > produce reasonable looking GUIs. That sold Windows to the developers. > > Unfortunately, Linux still lacks a tool like Visual Studio, which makes > the development of GUI software a matter of putting the bits where you > want them and then compile, all in the same IDE. I know Borland had Kylix, > which was supposed to do this, but it seems to have been still born. To > that, QT has quite a high seat cost, if you want to produce commercial > software. WxWidgets seem to insist on including GTK, which instantly makes > it GPL. > > The managers of most software houses will not release their software under > GPL, as this would permit the competition, which had not gone GPL to steal > all their know-how and gain a competitive advantage. If Linux wants to > become main-stream, this is an issue which needs to be settled, rather > sooner than later. > > Ian
No, it doesn't. Anyone producing commercial, non-free software can easily foot the licence costs for QT Anyone else doing in-house programming can use the GPL version. As can all the guys who do not write software the commercial way -- FLASH! Intelligence of mankind decreasing. Details at ... uh, when the little hand is on the .... _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
