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List:       kde-freeqt
Subject:    [freeqt] Future of Gnome, was Re: Future of Harmony
From:       Christof Petig <christof.petig () wtal ! de>
Date:       1998-11-21 13:03:24
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I don't need to mark this subject offtopic, do I? ;-)

Carl Thompson wrote:

> Thomas Capricelli wrote:
> >
> > Carl Thompson said :
> > > 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
> >
> > I've never heard about it, where could I have this info ??
>
> On the GNOME list.  I read it in a list archive linked from the current
> issue of the Linux Weekly News (or maybe it was yesterday's Slashdot?).
>
> Carl

As a newborn gnomer (CVS write access since today), I can't resist to comment.

I won't go back to coding in C, but since some people are still entering active Gnome/Gtk
development (my humble self), gnome's development won't cease - just because ONE person annoys all
gnomes by making his leave a loud one. As long as Havoc and Tero won't quit, there will be an
actively maintained C++ environment for Gtk/Gnome. And stopping Gtk before 1.2 is out would be
menace.

Qt has it's technical benefits since it's pure C++, Gtk-- has it's benefits since it doesn't
require additional prepropressors. At our (non software selling!!!) company we still develop with
Gtk--, and TT's license fee was never a real option (as long as there are alternatives). This is
why I was looking at your coding progress with pleasure and respect.

And since on freshmeat there are still announcements of new Widget sets I never heard before
(really, I looked twice), I won't believe a death could come so quickly to an Open Source Project.
Though Gnome's momentum might decrease a bit. And Gnome's C++ has ever been an ugly duck (We still
believe it to become a swan).

Shortly: Gnome won't die - though I initially feared a landslide towards KDE/Qt.
      And some people are against all odds developing C++ with it.

I wish QPL Harmony no ill, I just prefer a _L_GPL toolkit.

     Christof (still fan of the Harmony project)

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