[PyKDE] PyQwt win32 binary?

[Philippe Fremy]

> > I still maintain Troll Tech is only hurting themselves, and Qt, by
> > insisting you can write free software for UNIX but not for Windows.
> > This runs counter to Qt's strong crossplatform abilities. I feel these
> > restrictions limit the number of people who go from "dabbling" in Qt to
> > really learning it in and out. Qt programmers are few and far between,
> > and that alone was the reason I saw an UNIX & NT application go the way
> > of MFC + portability libraries, when the developers wanted to use Qt.
> > Qt is considered too "niche" and talent is scarce compared to MFC.
> > Allowing GPL'd Qt development on Windows wouldn't necessarily change
> > all this, but it might belp (especially since more people would adopt
> > it). Windows has lots of "freeware" users, even if they haven't been
> > properly introduced to the GPL & BSD licenses. Troll Tech is tying its
> > fortunes to widespread adoption of Linux development (and full
> > commercial licenses), when the likely reality is most initial
> > applications will be ported using WINE or one of the commercial porting
> > kits like Bristol.
>
> I agree in that I'd love to see Trolltech release a GPLed Windows
> version. What you are suggesting is what Sun did years ago and focus on
> the educational market so that graduates would go to their new employers
> acting as an extension of the Sun marketing team.
>
>
They would probably then be losing the people that are buying the windows 
Qt license only to port their software to windows. But my guess is that 
these poeple are a negligible part of their income. No normal software 
company would use a software development kit with the confidence that "the 
informal support of the mailing list and the GPL license is ok". ;-)

	Philippe