[bt-devel] proposal

[Martin Gruner]

Hi Joachim,

On Sam, 16 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> > I do believe that if a new direction is taken, it should be done after
> > version 1.0 is released in order to not just discard the hard work that
> > you have done so far.  A Linux version is needed in the near term, I just
> > disagree that limiting the product to Linux long term is a good idea,
> > because it reduces the number of people that could benefit from the hard
> > work.
> >
> > Actually, I am not even locked into QT as a library.  I think that any
> > cross platform library that provides the basic functionality needed for a
> > world class Bible study program would be acceptable.  QT is just one
> > library that  I am aware of now...
>
> I don't want to rewrite all the stuff for another lib.
Agreed, the overhead would be too big, and QT is pretty good IMO.

> And don't forget I'm Linux only and hate windows (I've thrown it away).
>
> This is not a simple discussion. I myself want to continue for Linux
> becasuse I personally like KDE and find Qt and KDE a very good environment.
> Qt alone looks somehow "poor" without the KDE2 styles, the cool filedialogs
> etc. And Windows is a stupid OS I dislike.
>
> --Joachim

Joachim, please don't think I want to throw all the work away that you have 
already done. I also like linux better, but windows is still the OS that is 
used on most of the computers in the world.
As you stated in your logo proposal, this work is for Jesus. And therefor IMO 
not only for a small group of skilled PC users, but I may be wrong here.
Our aim should not be creating a program that WE like to play with, but 
rather a program that will help many people to study God's word better.
That is even possible without KDE2 styles ;-)

IMO porting would not mean to do all the work again. Most of it is already 
platform independent. There would be a lot of work, sure, but IMO it would be 
worth it.

I hope you are not angry at me :-|
IMO this ia a very important issue.
But if we decide not to do it, ok.

Martin