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Qt 4 Beta 1 Available for Download

Posted by michael on from the cutie-for-download dept.

scc writes "Get it here. Trolltech's press release gives the details, including the projected release date: late first quarter 2005. Qt is the cross-platform GUI framework at the heart of KDE. At the same time, Trolltech released under the GPL Qtopia 2.1, an implementation of their GUI framework for Linux-based PDAs."

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  1. No Free Windows Version by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I think Qt is great, I use it for most of my projects, the only annoying thing is that the Windows version isn't free. There are free Linux and Mac versions released under the GPL, but no Windows version. \

    The whole point of Qt is to make it easier to have software run on multiple OS's, but I can't test any of my stuff on Windows. Oh well, still kick ass software.

    1. Re:No Free Windows Version by computerme · · Score: 4, Interesting

      oh for petes sake!

      Can you at least to a simple google search to find out why this is not so??!

      Its not like its been brought up on slashdot EVERY SINGLE TIME QT IS MENTIONED....

      Short answer for the kids that ride the short yellow bus:

      They had a free version for windows.

      It was supposed to be used for only apps that were free and not for a commercial entity such as an in house enterprise app or commercial app.

      But guess what? Nearly no one on the windows side followed the rules and Trolltech lost $$$$$$$$.

      So blame your windows buddies.

      They are to blame. Not trolltech.

      If you make or save money on an app you build for a commercial entity, YOU should pay for it.

      Don't agree with me or Troltech?

      Don't USE IT!

      Simple.

  2. Re:Don't forget by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So basically your saying that they shouldn't be allowed to make money off Qt, but you should be allowed to make money off your software that uses it? Nice.