summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/doc/aboutqt.doc
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/aboutqt.doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/aboutqt.doc57
1 files changed, 57 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/aboutqt.doc b/doc/aboutqt.doc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e5b2ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/aboutqt.doc
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*!
+\page aboutqt.html
+
+\title About Qt
+
+Qt is a multiplatform C++ GUI toolkit created and maintained by\link
+troll.html Trolltech\endlink. It provides application developers with
+all the functionality needed to build applications with
+state-of-the-art graphical user interfaces. Qt is fully
+object-oriented, easily extensible, and allows true component
+programming. Read the \link
+http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt/whitepaper.html
+Whitepaper\endlink for a comprehensive technical overview.
+
+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 \link http://www.kde.org/ KDE \endlink
+Linux desktop environment, a standard component of all major Linux
+distributions. See our \link http://www.trolltech.com/success/
+Customer Success Stories\endlink for some examples of commercial Qt
+development.
+
+
+Qt is supported on the following platforms:
+\list
+ \i <b>MS/Windows</b> -- 95, 98, NT 4.0, ME, 2000, and XP
+ \i <b>Unix/X11</b> -- Linux, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, Compaq Tru64 UNIX,
+ IBM AIX, SGI IRIX and a wide range of others
+ \i <b>Macintosh</b> -- Mac OS X
+ \i <b>Embedded</b> -- Linux platforms with framebuffer support.
+\endlist
+
+Qt is released in different editions:
+\list
+\i The \link commercialeditions.html <b>Qt Enterprise
+Edition\endlink</b> and the \link commercialeditions.html <b>Qt
+Professional Edition\endlink</b> provide for commercial software
+development. They permit traditional commercial software distribution
+and include free upgrades and Technical Support. For the latest
+prices, see the Trolltech web site, \link
+http://www.trolltech.com/pricing.html Pricing and Availability\endlink
+page, or contact \link mailto:sales@trolltech.com
+sales@trolltech.com\endlink. The Enterprise Edition offers additional
+\link modules.html modules \endlink compared to the Professional
+Edition.
+\endlist
+
+\list
+\i The \link opensourceedition.html <b>Qt Open Source Edition\endlink</b> is
+available for Unix/X11, Macintosh and Embedded Linux. The Open Source Edition
+is for the development of \e {Free and Open
+Source software} only. It is provided free of charge under the terms
+of both the \link license.html Q Public License\endlink and the \link
+gpl.html GNU General Public License\endlink.
+\endlist
+
+*/