[Qt-interest] Qt for the iPad?

[John M Coggi]

>Em Segunda-feira 5. Abril 2010, ?s 22.16.16, Nikos Chantziaras escreveu:
>> On 04/05/2010 10:39 PM, Thiago Macieira wrote:
>> > Em Segunda-feira 5. Abril 2010, ?s 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.

I'm not a bean-counter, just a developer anxious to port his Qt program to 
the iPad/iPhone/Android, etc.  We're currently focusing on the iPad due to 
the large pixel footprint, CPU speed, and wider audience <please, no 
smartphone/tablet flame wars>. My company would be willing to pay Nokia 
for iPad/Qt licenses since it would still be much less costly than 
redeveloping our app from scratch with Cocoa Touch (the native iPad 
framework).  I'm sure there are other Qt developers in the same boat.

Regarding the cost of porting Qt to the iPad--  Of course there will be 
some upfront cost, but since Qt is already available for Cocoa the effort 
to port to Cocoa Touch will be much less than starting from scratch with a 
new device/OS.  Please consider it.

Regards,
John

>-- 
>Thiago Macieira - thiago (AT) macieira.info - thiago (AT) kde.org
>  Senior Product Manager - Nokia, Qt Development Frameworks


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