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List:       kde-solaris
Subject:    Re: [kde-solaris] Re: KDE on Solaris Companion CD
From:       Peter.Weiss () germany ! sun ! com (Peter Weiss, Sun Microsystems, Germany)
Date:       2003-02-25 8:25:14
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>>>>> "Bart" == Bart Whiteley <whiteley2@llnl.gov> writes:


Bart> [...]
Bart> I can't.  I would be very interested in hearing Sun's reasons for this
Bart> decision, however.
Bart> [...]


Hello Bart,

I think there are lots of reasons for a software developer such as Sun
Microsystems to make Gnome the first choice:

o Using QPL would result in high costs per user
o Linking 3rd party applications against C++ libs is allways a nightmare
  as it requires the same compiler the lib was build with
o Everything that is linked against the qt lib must be provided
  by source
o I think it was a bad choice by Trolltech to use the GPL for the qt lib
  instead a licence like freebsd uses
o And regarding the development state Gnome is about to reach the KDE's
 
See also:

http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/gnome/faq/generalfaq.html#4q0
http://wwws.sun.com/software/whitepapers/index.html#4


Peter

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