Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 26th Dec 2007 09:50 UTC
There is a controversy in the Linux world. It doesn't have to do with Microsoft, or anything overtly technical. It may seem, to the outsider, the open source equivalent of the question, "Boxers or briefs?" But it's much more serious than that. More here.
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2005-07-15
>Java, .NET and Qt provide a modern development framework (plus they are including their own language or extending one). All of them are much more than a toolkit.
Gtk on the other hand is still mostly a toolkit
yes, Gtk+ is "only" a toolkit like Swing or Window.Forms are only toolkits. You can use the toolkit Gtk+ with plain programing languages (C, C++,...) or with complete frameworks (java-gnome, Gtk#).
It is up to you. Nobody forces you to use Gtk+ only with a plain programing language.
>SUN had the choice to put one of their most important software products either on top of the show car of a product that competes strongly with their most important product.
Qt is a great GUI toolkit and a great framework for GUI apps but it doesn't really compete with Java. The strength of Java is the client/server market (and maybe the in-house desktop market) but not the traditional desktop market.
Edited 2007-12-26 17:46