Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 18th Oct 2005 11:44 UTC
Adobe, IBM, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Novell, RealNetworks and Red Hat are all backing the new Linux standards effort led by the Free Standards Group. The nonprofit organisation plans to marshal their resources to form standards for key components of Linux desktop software, including libraries, application runtime and install time. The group said Monday that it will encourage software developers to use its guidelines when building programs for Linux as part of its Linux Standard Base project.
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RE: gtk is a bad choice
by Mediocre Sarcasm Man on Tue 18th Oct 2005 14:17
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IMHO those big vendors RedHat Novell HP are pushing Gtk as the standard desktop for Linux.
I don't understand why these companies push a toolkit/desktop that is technically inferior to what Microsoft and Apple have to offer. If they don't want to use Qt because it is not lgpl, why don't they a) buy Trolltech and release Qt as lgpl b) help the gnustep people to finish their toolkit or c) create something that is technically as advanced as Qt and release it as lgpl. While it maybe possible for them to make some money with gtk/Gnome based stuff in the short run, Linux will never be a viable desktop in the long run if it is technically inferior to Windows or MacOSX.