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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I agree completely. I'd very much like to see Qt and PyQt available on as many platforms as possible. And I would extend the vendors to include Sun, IBM and HP on their proprietary operating systems.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>- Peter</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Konrad Hinsen [<A HREF="mailto:hinsen@cnrs-orleans.fr">mailto:hinsen@cnrs-orleans.fr</A>] </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 2:05 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: Peter Kropf</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Cc: pykde@mats.gmd.de</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: [PyKDE] Kudos and Questions from a New Convert</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Peter Kropf <pkropf@legato.com> writes:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> where we have to be concerned about platform specifics. From my point </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> of view, we're just not in a position where we can make a requirement </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> of the customer to build the final product. They want to receive a </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ready-to-run program that has minimum setup and configuration </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> requirements.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Fine for commercial products. But I am in academia, my code is freely available, and I must keep support to a minimum because I have to do it all by myself.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>At the moment the only uncommon library that my code requires is the netCDF library. Consequence: 20% of all support questions are about netCDF installation problems. And netCDF is simple to install compared to Qt and PyQt.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Therefore what I'd like to see is</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>- binary versions for as many platforms as possible</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>- encouraging Linux vendors to include Qt and PyQt in their</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> distributions</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>- work harder on upwards compatibility of new versions</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Konrad.</FONT>
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