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

[Philippe]

I think Symbian's descent will come sooner than announced. On one side
we can imagine some of the Symbian staff leaving the boat to find a
better work for their own future, making maintenance and development
more difficult. On the other side, shops will stop promoting symbian
models. Why would they do otherwise?

One of the strengths of Apple is: they control the hardware and the
software. Nokia did also, until today. It's a step back. Now, if they
depend entirely on WinPhone, where is their freedom of innovation? What
will distinguish them from other manufacturers in the long term?

"Never put all your eggs in one basket"... at least they should keep
a firm foot in Meego.

I am not too pessimistic about Qt future, simply because Qt *has* a
value, and valuable things don't disappear like that.

Philippe

On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:53:23 -0800
Donald Carr <sirspudd at gmail.com> wrote:

> Warning clause: I work for Nokia, but these are my personal opinions
> and indicate neither the opinions of Nokia as a whole, nor
> insight/information beyond your (public) sources
> 
> I personally really like this:
> 
> http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/11/rip-symbian/
> 
> and think it is sensible to a certain extent. Please note Meego's
> continued existence in their direct R&D investment forecast.
> I have not seen any messaging which gives me grounds for concern about
> the long term survival of Qt. It will survive or fail on its own
> merits, and I think its merits are solid.
> 
> For people discussing forking Qt: Clone it, patch it, merge it. When
> we cease to accept merges, then you can form your posse and sally
> forth.
> In the meantime, please use the torches of your intellect for
> illumination rather than for roasting turkeys.
> 
> Open governance attempts to directly address many of the concerns
> evident on this list:
> 
> http://lists.qt-labs.org/listinfo/opengov
> 
> There should be no danger of Qt dying because a single seat of R&D
> investment adopts a secondary technology alongside it.
> 
> All my best to all of you
> 
> -------------------------------
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