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Trolltech Releases Qt 3.1
Isle writes "Trolltech has today released Qt 3.1. Qt is the C++ library behind KDE and this release means that the road is paved for the KDE 3.1 RC4 monday to become final. Here is a list of major new features. Among those are Qt Script for Applications, better integration with Mofit and an improved build system."
Now, I know some people feel it's redundant to bring this up, but why does it cost so much to license Qt for commercial applications? I mean, I can buy Visual Studio for each of my developers for less than I can license Qt-X11. How does that encourage me to develop for Qt? What about shareware applications? Why not make Qt LGPL?
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I know it will cygwin but :
"With the release of Qt 3.1, customers who use Qt for Microsoft Windows development can now use Qt with ActiveX."
When can I expect a native KDE ?
Their html is weird too
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What's the status of the XFT support? I heard that was to be *the* new feature of 3.1, I didn't see it mentioned anywhere.
Hah! Get a clue dude!
Qt supports a lot of languages. Sure, C++ is it's native and preferred language, but GTK+ has a native and preferred language to, known as C. Qt uses the STL. Complain to your package builders, because Trolltech didn't make them. Duh! And it's bigger because it does a heck of a lot more than widgets-only GTK+.
You don't think their widgets are attractive? Even when it has a native GTK+ widget theme (motif-plus)? Then go grab some others! Liquid, Keramik, Qinx, etc. Or write your own.
Some people have said that this needs to be the case for Qt to be funded -- well, gtk manages without putting annoying licensing into their product
GTK+ is a business? It earns revenue? Wow! When did that happen? GTK+ manages with the LGPL because it is a free beer library.
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