<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <!-- /tmp/qt-3.0-reggie-28534/qt-x11-free-3.0.2/doc/misc.doc:36 --> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title>About Qt</title> <style type="text/css"><!-- h3.fn,span.fn { margin-left: 1cm; text-indent: -1cm; } a:link { color: #004faf; text-decoration: none } a:visited { color: #672967; text-decoration: none } body { background: #ffffff; color: black; } --></style> </head> <body> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr bgcolor="#E5E5E5"> <td valign=center> <a href="index.html"> <font color="#004faf">Home</font></a> | <a href="classes.html"> <font color="#004faf">All Classes</font></a> | <a href="mainclasses.html"> <font color="#004faf">Main Classes</font></a> | <a href="annotated.html"> <font color="#004faf">Annotated</font></a> | <a href="groups.html"> <font color="#004faf">Grouped Classes</font></a> | <a href="functions.html"> <font color="#004faf">Functions</font></a> </td> <td align="right" valign="center"><img src="logo32.png" align="right" width="64" height="32" border="0"></td></tr></table><h1 align=center>About Qt</h1> Qt is a cross-platform C++ GUI application framework. It provides application developers with all the functionality needed to build state-of-the-art graphical user interfaces. Qt is fully object-oriented, easily extensible, and allows true component programming. <p> Since its commercial introduction in early 1996, Qt has formed the basis of many thousands of successful applications worldwide. Qt is also the basis of the popular <a href="http://www.kde.org/">KDE</a> Linux desktop environment, a standard component of all major Linux distributions. <p> Qt is supported on the following platforms: <p> <ul> <li> <b>MS/Windows</b> - 95, 98, NT 4.0, ME, and 2000 <li> <b>Unix/X11</b> - Linux, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, Compaq Tru64 UNIX, IBM AIX, SGI IRIX and a wide range of others <li> <b>Macintosh</b> - Mac OS X <li> <b>Embedded</b> - Linux platforms with framebuffer support. </ul> <p> Qt is a product of <a href="troll.html">Trolltech</a>. <p> Qt is released in different <a href="editions.html">editions</a>: <p> <dl> <dd><b>Qt Enterprise <a href="editions.html">Edition</a></b> and <b>Qt Professional <a href="editions.html">Edition</a></b> provide for commercial software development. They permits traditional commercial software distribution and includes free upgrades and Technical Support Service. For the latest prices, please see the Trolltech web site, <a href="http://www.trolltech.com/pricing.html">Pricing and Availability</a> page, or contact <a href="mailto:sales@trolltech.com">sales@trolltech.com</a>. The Enterprise Edition offers <a href="modules.html">extended modules</a> over the Professional Edition. <p> <dd><b>Qt Free <a href="editions.html">Edition</a></b> is the Unix/X11 version of Qt available for development of <em>Free and Open Source software</em> only. It is provided free of charge under the terms of both the <a href="license.html">Q Public License</a> and the <a href="gpl.html">GNU General Public License</a>. The latest version is available for <a href="http://www.trolltech.com/dl/qtfree-dl.html">download</a>. <p> <dd><b>Qt/Embedded Free <a href="editions.html">Edition</a></b> is the Embedded version of Qt available for development of <em>Free software</em> only. It is provided free of charge under the terms of the <a href="gpl.html">GNU General Public License</a>. <p> </dl> <!-- eof --> <p><address><hr><div align=center> <table width=100% cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td>Copyright © 2001 <a href="http://www.trolltech.com">Trolltech</a><td><a href="http://www.trolltech.com/trademarks.html">Trademarks</a> <td align=right><div align=right>Qt version 3.0.2</div> </table></div></address></body> </html>