[Qt-interest] QT and KDE code

[Andreas Pakulat]

On 23.03.10 23:19:29, Paul Floyd wrote:
> M. Bashir Al-Noimi wrote:
> > This point I wanted to know about since I migrated to kubuntu.
> > 
> > Why KDE isn't completely cross platform just like Qt? although it 
> > inherited from many Qt classes (KDE applications in Windows are absolute 
> > disaster where Qt works smoothly in many platforms) !!!
> 
> Why? Lack of resources - GNOME has had a lot more corporate backing than 
> KDE. I'm not sure that Linux as a primary development platform is that 
> great a thing for portability, as its interface is a blob formed from 
> BSD, SysV and home grown. And porting from unix-alike+X11 to Win32 (and 
> Aqua) is always a major effort.

Starting with an app on MacOSX wouldn't be any different. Its still very
different in many aspects from both Windows and Linux. 

Andreas

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