Hi Bob,

I work in both worlds and have been doing so for many years. Most of my=20
customers want some sort of windows software and for most of my own work=20
I use Linux. In fact for my personal needs there is only MPLAB, Visual=20
C++ and possibly Frontpage that make me still use Windows (2K for me).=20
OpenOffice, Mozilla,  Thunderbird etc is top quality stuff.

Until a few months ago I have done most of my windows application=20
programming  in C++ using MFC but have now switched to wxWidgets=20
(http://www.wxwidgets.org/)  Its *so* easy to work with, logical built=20
and I wonder why I haven't done the switch years ago. Now its easy to=20
build cross platform stuff and in all easier then to use MFC on one=20
platform!!

So one recommendation is to code switch MFC to wxWidgets for those of=20
you doing tour own programs.

Regards
/Ake


Bob Axtell wrote:

> My industry sources tell me that Microsoft will NOT introduce another
> operating system like Win2K, WinXP, etc because the update costs
> (costs to keep the Windows OS from being attacked) are too high.
> So I am trying to make plans for a CAREFUL movement from Win2K to
> Linux, etc. Since many of us have Win32 tools, at least some part of
> the system should still be able to run .
>
> I was thinking that those of us faced with making the move should work
> together to keep the costs of such a change as low as possible. Any ide=
as
> on how/what we need to do? In this way, we can accumulate links and
> notes from those very satisfied Linux gurus out there.
>
> I figure we have about 2 years before MS drops Win2K support, maybe
> 5 before WinXP is dropped (Win98 was dropped last year).
>
> --Bob
>


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eurosource, Brattbergav=E4gen 17, 820 50 LOS, Sweden
Phone: (46) 657 413430 Cellular: (46) 73 84 84 102
Company home: http://www.eurosource.se     =20
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