[Qt-interest] Many have not aware about this letter, Its for all who relies on Nokia

[Mihail Naydenov]

Here it is
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/11/nokia-notifies-developers-that-qt-is-out-for-windows-phone-devel/



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>From: qt next <qtnext at gmail.com>
>To: qt-interest at trolltech.com
>Sent: Fri, February 11, 2011 11:28:48 AM
>Subject: Re: [Qt-interest] Many have not aware about this letter, Its for all 
>who relies on Nokia
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>I hopes we will have a clear word about the future of Qt.... If it was not 
>bought by Nokia : at this time Qt will certainly port to android, to match qt 
>everywhere... It seems it's clearly not a technical problem, but more a choice. 
>I am not also a business startegist ...but for me, if Nokia go to WP7 a port of 
>Qt to WP7 is a must have to ensure to Nokia a fast shift to another platform if 
>needed in the futur (who knows ... 1 year later the revolution with meego, 6 
>month latter the revolution with Symbian + Meego : a ecosystem ....
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>just some previous comment of Elop on Qt, Meego :
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>http://conversations.nokia.com/2010/02/15/nokia-and-intel-create-meego-for-new-era-of-mobile-computing/
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>http://conversations.nokia.com/2010/10/21/stephen-elop-talks-nokia-qt-and-meego/

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>http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/01/27/stephen-elop-talks-strengths-successes-and-the-future/
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>(for the developer ... don't know ... can change :(
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>... .And now...  :(
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>2011/2/11 Mikael Helbo Kjær <mhk at designtech.dk>
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>> 11.02.2011, 11:11, "kaolite gmail" <kaolite at gmail.com>:
>>> > incredible ... silly ! meego to the trash ... and WP7 instead .. a
>>> none sense !!
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>>> +1
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>>> Especially taking into account that WP7 is not really successful on the
>>> market
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>>And it won't be in my opinion. It is not that it is not innovative or pretty, it 
>>may a bit too controlled (according to some articles I've read MS dictates a lot 
>>about the hardware of the phone even down to the design) but it is mostly too 
>>late. Nokia does provide MS with a partner in phones outside of HTC whose big 
>>sellers are currently Android phones in this but Nokia is not really "big" with 
>>regards to modern smartphones. RIM and HP with their alternative platforms are 
>>struggling to make a big impact and RIM at least used to be a big player. WP7 
>>would have to seriously out-innovate Android and iOS at this point to prevent 
>>Android becoming the equivalent of the Windows of the current Mobile age 
>>(however it is a more dynamic market than the desktop market with regards to 
>>replacements) and that is not looking likely even with Nokia's help. Business 
>>types and investors will like this and I think it will positively affect Nokia's 
>>stock prices, but really if the entire reason fo
>> r Nokia not to use Android was to distinguish itself and not be reliant on 
>>Google, how is WP7 an improvement (outside of course that the new manager of 
>>Nokia is an old Microsoft manager)?
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>>On the Qt front you'd have to fear the eventual erosion and possible slow death 
>>of Qt Software as a department of Nokia. It is not strategically well placed 
>>with regards to the new WP7 strategy which is clearly tied to Windows. A 
>>MS/Nokia alliance would naturally become about C# (which is the access level 
>>most app developers have on WP7 AFAIK) not native C++ and definitely not about 
>>being cross-platform.
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>>Nokia never seemed to have much interest in being a desktop software developer, 
>>this was the original fear of most of the naysayers when Nokia bought Trolltech 
>>and behold where it has invested a lot of its R&D: QML (best for Mobile at the 
>>moment and near future as well as clearly designed as an mobile app GUI 
>>platform), Webkit (so-so on both sides of the desktop/mobile fence), a massive 
>>Symbian extension of Qt (understandable, but not really helping much as Symbian 
>>is dead or people want it to be) and much improved dev-tools for C++ (clearly a 
>>win for both desktop and mobile). In the future if successful Nokia will 
>>"deprecate" Qt from their product list, not the death of the library but I would 
>>expect first layoffs and a development slow-down. In the case it is not 
>>successful then maybe by hedging their bets a little and riding along with Meego 
>>they might get a smaller boost again but I doubt it. At the very least this is 
>>unwelcome news for Nokia's Qt folks and over time this
>> could have ripples into the businesses of people here on the list and KDE 
>>(smaller consultancies and even a new Trolltech could popup to keep Qt the 
>>library alive but I doubt it would be the same).
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>>Given current market momentum I believe Qt would have been better served by 
>>having it be compatible with Android earlier on. That would have given more 
>>chance of apps being developed that could be crossed over to the Meego/Symbian 
>>world instead of going it alone. The compatibility could still happen through 
>>Lighthouse but I doubt it will help much at this point if not officially 
>>endorsed by Qt's developers and I wonder what the corporate leaders within Nokia 
>>would say to any part of their business supporting a cross-mobile strategy even 
>>if that was part of the original spirit of Qt.
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>>But then I am not a business strategist or do I know what is going on for real 
>>inside Nokia. So take all of this with a grain of salt.
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>>Regards,
>>Mikael
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