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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    RE: Qt-only KDE applications
From:       "kosoru" <jkosoru () qbsw ! sk>
Date:       2002-01-22 18:50:58
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> Neil it's not. The people at Trolltech (some of the come from the KDE 
> community some still do active KDE development) and aswell 
> the company itself 
> _do_ care about KDE. Much more than you might think. And we 
> do care about 
> having a good relation with KDE and the community.
> 
> You might be right that it'll benefit Trolltech to a certain 
> extent, but in my 
> oppinion writing such a library will benefit KDE even more. 
> Why? Because a 
> lot of apps that are currently Qt only will get a KDE 
> look&feel. Because we 
> will ultimately get more applications on our favorite desktop.
> 
> We all want KDE to be successful and to be a real alternative 
> to Windows. 
> Without applications we don't have a chance there. So the 
> more apps we get 
> (and especially the more _commercial_ apps we get) the better for KDE.
> 
> Lars
>
 
I have to say, that this is a great approach. Qt is an excellent C++
library and the multi-platform application development is the future.
From my point of view KDE is a real and great platform.
I'm planning to create some commercial applications and
I've always been thinking about problem: Qt-only vs. KDE-only.
If Qt can nicely integrate into MacOS X or Win I don't see any
reason why not to integrate into KDE platform - it seems like
a logical step. After that the only one thing which I'll be missing
in Qt is a built-in support for components/plugins.
Cross-platform apps can't use KLibrary or such classes and
nearly every modern application needs the sophisticated
plugins architecture.
 
jozef
 


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