Re: The Linux Hole

It is very possible to make apps that are portable between Linux and
Windows.  Liek I said before, Kylix/Delphia is a good example of it.

As long as you stick to cross platform code (no interfacing low level OS
APIs), code written will compile Native for Windows in Delphi or Native for
Linuzx in Kylix.

The way it does this is it uses QT libraries.... for Widnwos and Linux.
Trolltech makes windowing libraries that run on a lot of OSes.  This way
your GUI calls are the exact same no matter what OS you are running on.

You just have to have the appropriate qt libraries installed.

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Narayanan R Pillai" <strqst400@yahoo.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: The Linux Hole


> Just checking,
>
> but did not IBM release the code for eclipse that runs identically on both
> Linux ( KDE and GNOME ) and windows by writing the screen widgets in C++
> (?). Why is it then so difficult to port the OpsNav into such an
> environment. I hate it to see "economics" driving this situation.
>
> Regards
> Narayanan R Pillai
> Senior Technical Architect
> American Medical & Life Insurance
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adam Lang" <aalang@rutgersinsurance.com>
> To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 11:53 AM
> Subject: Re: The Linux Hole
>
>
> > Well, that is what I was asking.  What is in Ops Navigator that is not
> green
> > screen?
> >
> > I honestly do not know.
> >
> >
> > Adam Lang
> > Systems Engineer
> > Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
> > http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dr. Syd Nicholson" <sydnic@ccs400.com>
> > To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
> > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 11:39 AM
> > Subject: Re: The Linux Hole
> >
> >
> > > I agree with you Adam that Ops Nav is far too slow. Green Screen is
> orders
> > > of magnitude faster. Green Screen is also easier and less cumbersome.
> IBM
> > > have some work to do, I think.
> > >
> > > However, I use Linux for a desktop, and am irritated by the necessity
> for
> > > Windoze (running in VMWare) to run code and OpsNav.
> > >
> > > There are many functions in Ops Nav that cannot be done Green Screen,
> > > unfortunately, so Windoze is essential.
> > >
> > > Syd Nicholson
> >
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