[Gllug] QT GUI Project

[Nuno Pedrosa]

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:42, Sunny Aujla <sunnyfedora99 at gmail.com> wrote:

> > I myself have decided that QT is the way to go but we are having a
> problem.
> > Finding suitable developers to do it as we do not have the in-house staff
> to
> > do it.
>
> Any choice of what programming language you want to do it on?
>
> Very good point Sunny. We were thinking of using C++ as it is the primary
QT binding.
This will also keep the list of dependencies smaller.


S
>
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Nuno Pedrosa <nunomdp at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi everyone!
> >
> > It has been a while since my last message in the group and it also a long
> > time ago since my last attendance to one of the many GLLUG social events.
> >
> > I thought of posting an announcement in this list since I know that there
> > are quite a lot of bright programmers in here.
> > Here it goes:
> >
> > My company is starting a new project of writing a new GUI.
> > At the moment the product is not fully Multiplatform as it only runs in
> > windows. This software is mainly used by the Oil and Gas industry.
> > This program is called Multiflash
> > (http://infochemuk.com/index.php/product/multiflash).
> > As this is a revamp of that program to which we will be also adding lots
> of
> > new features making it more attractive.
> >
> > I am a Linux user myself, albeit only at home, as most of you will know,
> it
> > is very hard to work for a company which its main business is not
> software
> > and have Linux installed in your computer.
> >
> > As manager of this project I ended up between two options: VB.NET, which
> is
> > what we currently use and QT which is, as I understand, a superior
> solution.
> > The main objective, as I stated before, is to make the new program
> > Multiplatform, which can be achieved more easily with QT. I feel the Mono
> is
> > not quite there yet, although it seams to be very good.
> > I feel that a flame war will start here!
> >
> > I myself have decided that QT is the way to go but we are having a
> problem.
> > Finding suitable developers to do it as we do not have the in-house staff
> to
> > do it.
> >
> > Can I ask you guys if anyone is interested in participating in such a
> > project? Or do you know anyone (individual or company) that I can contact
> > about this project.
> > It is a relatively small program so the entire job would not take more
> than
> > a year.
> >
> > If anyone would like more details, feel free to email me!
> > Thanks in advance for any input that you have.
> >
> > Nuno
> >
> > PS: to the list moderators: if this is not appropriate please let me
> known!
> >
> >
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