Qt becomes LGPL licensed
Nokia has announced that the new Qt library (4.5) will be available under the LGPL license (March 2009). Hopefully, this will mean that Embarcadero will revive Linux support with it's upcoming 64-bit, compile-to-many-targets compiler rewrite.
Actually, it could mean that we would finally have a true CLX revision that would let us have native write-once, compile-to-many-targets, cross platform support for Windows, Mac, Linux, Embedded Linux, Windows CE, and the S60 (eventually). If Delphi's component architecture could be revamped to produce true Qt widgets, Embarcadero would suddenly enable all of the Delphi component vendors to gain access to a client-base that is much larger than what Delphi currently offers. Qt does not have much selection from third-party component vendors. A DevExpress or TMS Software offering would provide a nice upgrade to the basic Qt widgets.
Delphi Prism theoretically supports multi-platform through the use of Mono but you have to add the managed code overhead to everything. There was a recent article on using Mono to develop for the iPhone which talked about stripping the managed code down to a true compiled state (Apple doesn't permit managed code to run apparently.) It was done with C# but there is no particular reason (that I'm aware of) Delphi Prism couldn't work the same way. Has anyone tried to do multi-platform with Prism?
Actually, it could mean that we would finally have a true CLX revision that would let us have native write-once, compile-to-many-targets, cross platform support for Windows, Mac, Linux, Embedded Linux, Windows CE, and the S60 (eventually). If Delphi's component architecture could be revamped to produce true Qt widgets, Embarcadero would suddenly enable all of the Delphi component vendors to gain access to a client-base that is much larger than what Delphi currently offers. Qt does not have much selection from third-party component vendors. A DevExpress or TMS Software offering would provide a nice upgrade to the basic Qt widgets.
Delphi Prism theoretically supports multi-platform through the use of Mono but you have to add the managed code overhead to everything. There was a recent article on using Mono to develop for the iPhone which talked about stripping the managed code down to a true compiled state (Apple doesn't permit managed code to run apparently.) It was done with C# but there is no particular reason (that I'm aware of) Delphi Prism couldn't work the same way. Has anyone tried to do multi-platform with Prism?