> But I doubt that the VCL can talk to Linux and Mac API within 1
> year...Emba hasn't that manpower. And Qt exists for 19 years.
That was what "shocked" me when the news that xplat has precedence over 64 bit came out. Going 64 would have required some adjustements, but not a whole new VCL (although after so many years the Windows VCL itself needs a redesing), while targeting Linux and Mac *properly* needs two whole new frameworks - and even if they their Linux/BSD kernels may share something, the layers above the kernel may be pretty different, especially the GUIs. A "lame" solution on both platforms IMHO won't be appealing at all
to "foreign" developers - beside fulfilling Embarcadero own xplat needs (and maybe some customers'). And while under Linux many could accept a subpar GUI in exchange of being able to deliver server applications on that platform, the Mac is all about the GUI - and if you target the Mac you don't target the average data-entry guy, nobody buys him a Mac.
I always thought xplat as a multi-year incremental effort - I know that using Qt as they did with CLX is the faster and requiring less resources approach, but the one that will cause many issues too in the long run.
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