I have almost totally weened myself off of M$ and I'm able to do nearly everything I need on Linux. The exceptions are a few tools that I occasionally need that were developed in-house and only run on M$ platforms. They were all written in C, many using Lab Windows.
I've suggested that we write future tools using something that is cross platform. I've been using Java for the stuff I've been doing and it works well (actually, it works better on Linux than in any M$ OS do to the way M$ handles - or doesn't handle - interrupts). However, I'm the only engineer here that really knows anything about Java (though I'm not a guru yet) and at least one engineer said it doesn't like Java. So, I'm wondering what the programmers out there like as far as a C library, toolkit, what-have-you for cross-platform application development. Only a couple of us (so far) are using Linux machines, the rest are still on various M$ platforms (from 98 to XP). The interesting thing is nearly all of our development is done using a UNIX type platform. One notable thing is that every application/tool we write must have good serial communication capabilities (all our embedded devices use a RS-232 port for communication). TIA, PGA -- The information contained in this e-mail message is confidential, intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paul G. Allen Software Engineer BSIT/SE Quake Global, Inc. 858-277-7290 x285 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
