[CVALE] Graphics Libraries on MS Based PDAs?

[Terry]

I have an affinity towards the C/GTK combination you suggest.  It tends
to be simple, like me.

I've experimented with GTK on a desktop MS environment and it seems to
work okay.  I'm not sure what, if any, of the library is available in a
CE/Mobile 5 environment however.  Do you know?

Both Qt and J2ME have licensing issues to meet.  I'm getting conflicting
information about IBM's J2ME or J9 licensing...probably because the
product and the licensing keeps changing.

I prefer simple programming and simple licensing if possible.

Terry


Pandora wrote:
> * Terry (terry at zinnianet.net) wrote:
> 
>>Originally I was going to simply write the app in C and hope to find
>>graphic libraries available on both platforms (GTK/QT).  Others are
>>trying to convince me to use Java.  I'm trying to find out exactly what
>>subset of the Java libraries are available on which PDA platforms.  Sun
>>appears to license J2ME/CDC with various additional library sets (profiles).
> 
> 
> I'd go with the C/GTK if I were you... PDAs are small enough as is, and
> would greatly benefit from the speed of native compiled C code.  Also
> Sun's java has been known for some time to have particularly weird 
> licenses (i.e. you can use it for free except when you can't), and I
> really would be skeptical of it being widely used in as specialized a
> gadget as a PDA.  At least with GTK you only have to make your source
> available and can profit off your devices and support with relative
> impunity.  I've never been a fan of Qt because of the lengthy and
> convoluted compile phase, but you could look into that too.
> 
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