RE: [seul-edu] Comprehensive Student Management System

[Douglas Loss <dloss@suscom.net>]

On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Raybould, Kevin wrote:
> 
> I think I hear you say that you believe the program would be
> more useful
> (assuming that we don't have the resources to build it cross
> platform from
> the beginning) to build a Linux X version first, as its more
> likely that
> systems moving to Linux already would choose to make use of
> it?
> 
> If that is the case, then I would be forced to agree - it is
> probably better
> to build a Linux centric one first.  
> 
It doesn't have to be either/or.  Take a look at wxWindows:

http://www.wxwindows.org/

and FOX:

http://www.cfdrc.com/FOX/fox.html

Both of these toolkits/APIs make development of cross-platform
GUI clients considerably easier.

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