Linux on desktop computers will begin taking off in mainstream markets in the next 12 to 18 months, Novell President Ron Hovsepian has predicted. Linux has been widely used on networked computers called servers, but it has comparatively little success on personal computers, beyond technically savvy users. Many companies have argued the open-source operating system is on the verge of breaking out in PCs and have been proven wrong. But Hovsepian sees some changes that he believes make the market ripe.
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Member since:2005-07-06
Qt has its own problens though--the biggest one being its licensing requirements.
I would love everything to be free, but unfortunately it just isn't going to happen. Good development tools require time and investment, and that money has to come from somewhere.
The extremely high cost of a cross platform Qt license effectively locks out smaller shops who are just trying to get started.
Ahhh, the mythical small development shops. The vast majority of small development companies develop for Windows, and they spend a hell of a lot more on development tools and software than a handful of Qt licenses.
Member since:2005-10-08
> The vast majority of small development
> companies develop for Windows, and they spend a
> hell of a lot more on development tools and
> software than a handful of Qt licenses.
Actually, the vast majority of small development shops spend little or nothing on development tools cause they use open open source tools. And the ones that do spend money? Well, Visual Studio.NET Enterprise edition is less than 1/6th the cost of a cross platform Qt license.
So no, the vast majority of small shops do not spend anywhere near the amount of money that Qt costs on development tools.
Member since:
2005-10-08
> Till then, the best we can do if we need to be cross platform is
> probably using QT.
Qt has its own problens though--the biggest one being its licensing requirements. The extremely high cost of a cross platform Qt license effectively locks out smaller shops who are just trying to get started. And the alternative (licesning all your stuff under GPL) just isn't feasable sometimes.