[Qt-interest] Qt for the iPad?

[Thiago Macieira]

Em Segunda-feira 5. Abril 2010, às 22.16.16, Nikos Chantziaras escreveu:
> On 04/05/2010 10:39 PM, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> > Em Segunda-feira 5. Abril 2010, às 18.23.44, John M Coggi escreveu:
> >> Apple's "authoritarian control" applies only to the developer's app, not
> >> to the Qt framework.  The burden of producing an "acceptable" app rests
> >> solely on us as developers.  Port the framework and let us worry about
> >> the app!
> >> 
> >> Bottom line - Porting Qt to the iPad/iPhone is a win-win situation for
> >> developers, end-users, Nokia, and Apple.  Please tell us it's a matter
> >> of "when", not "if".
> > 
> > You forgot one detail: cost.
> > 
> > To port, one must devote people to the task, which means money. Can you
> > show me the business case that would explain why any company (not just
> > Nokia) should invest in porting Qt to that particular platform?
> 
> The benefit here is that if people would develop iBlah software using
> Qt, that software can be ported easily to Nokia devices too, increasing
> its application pool.

I understand the principle, but you need to prove with numbers.
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