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Re: [platform-swt-dev] Support for JSR-198 (was SWT port for Swing!)
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From: "Christopher Deckers" <chrriis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Hi again all!
>
> I see that the war SWT vs Swing is starting again. I guess the purpose
> of my port is to bring together those two communities...
> I feel personaly that I am more a Swing user than SWT. The reason is SWT
> is not portable. If I make it portable, then I would make more
> applications using SWT. My feeling is also the feeling we find in
> companies. In my department (in Nokia Networks), there is no way I could
> suggest using SWT without a solution to make it portable for the few non
> supported systems.
>
> If this port exists, I am sure some people would try SWT (including my
> bosses), which I think is a good reason for doing it...
Your argument is so sweetly reasonable, I can hardly disagree. ;-} I suppose
whether people actually want to use the result has as much to do with
implementation as anything else.
Bob
