Crossplatform GUI (not again?!) Re: XVT?

lukner@che.utexas.edu (Ralf B. Lukner)
Thu, 2 Feb 1995 06:08:27 GMT

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From: lukner@che.utexas.edu (Ralf B. Lukner)
Keywords: tools
Organization: University of Texas at Austin Chemical Engineering
References: 95-01-055 95-01-085
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 1995 06:08:27 GMT

William Johnson <wjohnson@glue.umd.edu> wrote:
>We need to produce educational programs for use on a variety of computer
>platforms. Someone recommended using XVT to develop applications because


thutt@clark.net (Taylor Hutt) wrote:
> The place I work just rejected XVT due to the costly licensing
> arrangment. It was about $17K (yes, K) for the X/Windows license.




Try looking at the following (open location with netscape or mosaic):
file://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/portable-GUI-software/part1
and part2.


Those files summarize/compare portable GUI builders. Based on my
literature search and other info, ILOG Views and Galaxy look like nice
cross-platform tools. I am just beginning the process of in-house eval.
Since my app is mainly for workstations, I am actually seriously
considering Openware's ObjectBuilder/OI. Attractive educational pricing
is available for these tools. For those with limited funding, using
native (single platform) compilers/GUI builders is the best solution IMHO,
but there are many portable GUI options as the file above will attest.


--Ralf


P.S. Note I cross-posted to comp.windows.x.motif where this
cross-platform issue has been addressed several times.
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