Re: Win32 and GTK+

[Paul Pogonyshev <pogonyshev gmx net>]

Matthew Yaconis wrote:
> What do you think is the chance of MS Windows doing something dastardly
> that would cause GTK+ and libglade to not function on a Win32 platform in
> the future?
>
> This is kind of a shot in the dark question...

I'm more concerned with TCPA or whatever they have renamed it now and
patents.  I seriously doubt they will bother to do anything nasty about
GTK+ as it is way to minor a problem for M$ on its own.  Their concern
is the competitors as the whole, FOSS included.

If you meant a non-targeted change that would dump Windows GTK+ port,
I've read somewhere that Longhorn will be based fully on some 3D engine
(including the normal windowing system.)  However, even if this is the
case, I doubt they will drop backward compatibility for GUI API.

Paul