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Novell Desktop To Standardize On Qt [updated]

Posted by Hemos on from the making-it-better-and-faster dept.

Balinares writes "NewsForge reports that Novell has settled for Qt as its Linux desktop development environment, casting more light on their strategy to unify KDE and GNOME. This ought to be interesting. The prospect of using Mono to code against Qt makes me drool in advance. Maybe programming will suck no longer!" Update: 03/30 00:01 GMT by T : Sounds like that story doesn't quite hold water; Nat Friedman writes in this Slashdot comment that "We have not decided that we are standardizing on Qt for the desktop. ... We support development with a variety of toolkits, and our internal development is done using the right tool for the right problem. This includes Qt, Gtk, VCL, XUL and others, depending on the application."

6 of 615 comments (clear)

  1. QT? What about licensing? by steveit_is · · Score: 1, Troll

    Doesn't QT have a bunch of annoying licensing restrictions?

  2. haha by comet69 · · Score: 0, Troll

    QT is much prettier than GTK..

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  3. Re:Setting the record straight. by Rich · · Score: 2, Troll

    Nat Friedman
    Novell/SUSE Linux Desktop Lead
    Erm, last I read that was VP of 'Novell Ximian Services'.

    I'm sorry Nat, but while I don't know if this story is true or not, I don't think a comment from you is likely to help. You said a lot when the SuSE Novell merger started which turned out to be rubbish so how can anyone trust you to do more than push your own position now?

    Rich.

  4. God this is driving me insane! by InfoTaku · · Score: 0, Troll

    All I can think to do at the moment after having
    waded through piles and piles of crap comments
    that have basically nothing to do with the topic
    is rip my hair out and howl at the moon until my
    brain explodes..

    JEEZ you people! Havent you ever heard of MONO!!
    Get with the friggen picture here.
    Novel loves GNOME, this is all a bunch of FUD.


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  5. Re:GTK is out, then? by Brandybuck · · Score: 0, Troll

    So it's not like java at all. right?

    Java: Write once run anywhere except on the customer's desktop.

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  6. Re:Setting the record straight. by davidle · · Score: 0, Troll

    There's a long tradition of hysterical personal attacks from KDE supporters: remember Red Hat, Sun, Ximian... all have been subjected to this. Frankly, you are better off ignoring them; you can be certain that business people do.

    Ximian, subjected to attacks. That's very funny. I think you can be certain that business people ignore Mguel Icaza and Nat Friedman.