On Friday 21 December 2001 00:11, Mike Dougherty wrote: > On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 16:42, Jerry Kreps wrote: > > On Thursday 20 December 2001 13:20, Lutz, Tom wrote: > > > I know that we're not missing the main idea but I can't > > > resist... > > > > > > What do we think the main populace of Bible software users > > > (basic or advanced) will be working on, Windows of Linux? > > > Clearly, today, it's Windows. I don't see this changing too > > > much in the near future and wouldn't develop for something > > > other than Windows for Bible software because of it. > > > > What? No vision? Paradigm shifts happen suddenly, with little > > warning. The Windows ---> Linux paradigm shift is on the cusp > > now. If you want to ride the wave when the tsunami hits, now is > > the time to prepare. Besides, Tom, when you use a wiget set like > > QT you have the best of both worlds. Your work with C++ and the > > QT toolkit is cross platform. That's why you see so many QT apps > > underdevelopment that have executables for both Linux and > > WIndows. Now, what do you think is going to happen when people > > find these neat QT based apps and realize that they can run the > > same app on a Linux distro like SuSE 7.3 for a fraction of the > > costs of XP and combine that with the realization that SuSE 7.3 > > or Mandrake 8.1 installs easier that XP, is much more stable and > > extremly more secure? > > Being new to the C++ world I have no idea what QT is? I know what > JFC (Swing) is, and I know that it's cross platform.
http://www.trolltech.com/developer/download/index.html and get the free version from http://www.trolltech.com/developer/download/qt-x11.html About Qt Qt is a cross-platform C++ GUI application framework. It provides application developers with all the functionality needed to build state-of-the-art graphical user interfaces. Qt is fully object-oriented, easily extensible, and allows true component programming. Since its commercial introduction in early 1996, Qt has formed the basis of many thousands of successful applications worldwide. Qt is also the basis of the popular KDE Linux desktop environment, a standard component of all major Linux distributions. Qt is supported on the following platforms: MS/Windows - 95, 98, NT 4.0, ME, and 2000 Unix/X11 - Linux, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, Digital Unix, IBM AIX, SGI IRIX and a wide range of others Macintosh - Mac OS X Embedded - Linux platforms with framebuffer support. Qt is a product of Trolltech. Qt is released in different editions: Qt Enterprise Edition and Qt Professional Edition provide for commercial software development. They permits traditional commercial software distribution and includes free upgrades and Technical Support Service. For the latest prices, please see the Trolltech web site, Pricing and Availability page, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Enterprise Edition offers extended modules over the Professional Edition. Qt Free Edition is the Unix/X11 version of Qt available for development of Free and Open Source software only. It is provided free of charge under the terms of both the Q Public License and the GNU General Public License. The latest version is available for download. Qt/Embedded Free Edition is the Embedded version of Qt available for development of Free software only. It is provided free of charge under the terms of the GNU General Public License. > > > Global floods happen! ;-) > > Not anymore. We've been promised. But the sentiment wasn't lost > ;-). ROF,L JLK
