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Shuttleworth Sees Possibility For a QT-based GNOME
An anonymous reader writes "derStandard.at has an extensive interview with Ubuntu-founder Mark Shuttleworth, in which he seems to be pushing for a switch to QT in the GNOME-project: 'I think it would be perfectly possible to deliver the values of GNOME on top of QT.' He goes on to talk about Apple as an 'innovation leader' and problems with Hardy Heron."
Nope. Gnome still serves it's original intended purpose:
The core GUI is not tied up in the interests of one
singlular for-profit corporation. Perversely enough, this
manifests most in "commercialization". Some guy that wants
to write the next "procomm" doesn't have to worry about
Troll being... well a Troll and asking for some large toll.
Before QT can be a proper core gui library for even a
strictly commercial OS, it needs to be liberated from Troll.
Any model that resolves to "buy our libraries" for any
class of user just isn't going to work. That's already been
tried with CDE. That model is why CDE on Linux never went
anywhere.
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
I agree. I have had far more stability using gtk apps then qt apps. I have also had far more stability using gnome then kde.
Truth be told, as a user, I don't care much about the technical aspects of each. I just want stable programs that look great with a feel that matches the rest of my desktop and integrates into the environment.
As a developer, I want a stable, well documented, api and good ide support.
Right now I like gtk because it meets that criteria better (in my opinion).
I'd happily switch to anything that does the job better. I do not see a point in switching to anything that does the job just as well.