[Qt-interest] Qt for the iPad?

[Thiago Macieira]

Em Segunda-feira 5. Abril 2010, às 22.50.27, David Ching escreveu:
> "Thiago Macieira" <thiago at kde.org> wrote in message
> news:201004052140.10632.thiago at kde.org...
> 
> > 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 same reason why you ported Qt from Linux to Windows desktop.  There are
> many more programmers and applications on Windows than on Linux.  If these
> Windows-targeted apps are written in Qt, it would increase market share of
> apps on the platforms that Nokia most cares about (e.g. Linux).
> 
> Same is true of iPod.  There are many more programmers and applications on
> iPod/iPad than on Mameo.  Wouldn't Nokia love it if all the ones written in
> Qt just happened to work on Mameo also?

That's why the port to Symbian happened. There are many more programmers and 
devices and businesses on Symbian than on iPod/iPad. Symbian still ships more 
devices than iPod/iPhone/iPad combined.

That port is finished, but there's a lot of work stabilising it.

There's no one available for a new port.

Like I said, you guys are asking a company to do the work. You need to prove 
it with numbers or clients, that would make the investment worth it.

I'm not saying whether Nokia will or won't. I'm saying that Nokia is a company 
and investments must be justified.
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