Developer's path to Windows/*NIX multi-platform?

[Uwe Bonnes]

>>>>> "Mike" == Mike Hearn <mike at navi.cx> writes:

    Mike> On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 17:39:14 -0500, Dimitrie O. Paun wrote:
    >>> Do you think Wine is the way to go for me, or am I better off
    >>> writing individual versions and keeping the Windows software native
    >>> and then producing QT or GTK versions for *NIX? I'm at a cross-roads
    >>> here, since I'll be dedicating years of work in whatever direction I
    >>> take.

    Mike> <morpheus> What is native? </morpheus>

    Mike> I'd say a native app is one that feels like it was written for the
    Mike> platform. That normally means, native UI, good desktop
    Mike> integration, that sort of thing (in a desktop app).

    Mike> WineLib is a great way to do this. Pure WineLib apps will not feel
    Mike> native, because you're using a clone of the win32 widget set -

Is Motif Look and Feel "native", is XAW "native"?
Winelib is a Library like any other, also with some strange concepts...

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