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

[Atlant Schmidt]

Donald:

  Ask yourself one question: Does Nokia have any way
  to turn Qt into profits?

  Yesterday, the answer was "Yes, because Qt enables
  an ever-improving ecosystem of Symbian phones, and
  a similar MeeGo ecosystem that will eventually grow
  to supplant Symbian."

  (You don't have to believe that, but that was the
  public line and a lot of the folks in the PowerPoint
  Palace in Espoo probably believed it too.)

  Today, the answer is: "No, because Qt *WILL NOT BE
  PRESENT* on Nokia Windows Phones and MeeGo has been
  vastly reduced in importance before it is allowed to
  die on the vine entirely."

  And unless Nokia can turn Qt into profits, it has no
  place within their business organization.

                            Atlant


-----Original Message-----
From: qt-interest-bounces+aschmidt=dekaresearch.com at qt.nokia.com [mailto:qt-interest-bounces+aschmidt=dekaresearch.com at qt.nokia.com] On Behalf Of Donald Carr
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 13:53
To: qt next
Cc: qt-interest at qt.nokia.com
Subject: Re: [Qt-interest] Many have not aware about this letter, Its for all who relies on Nokia

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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 °v°  Donald
/(_)\ Professional Penguin lover
 ^ ^  Did I steal your ascii penguin?
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