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

[Philippe]

Meego dying? I recall that Meego is not owned by Nokia. This is a
consortium, with many (large) companies involved (AMD being the most
recent one).

Philippe

On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:55:02 -0500
Atlant Schmidt <aschmidt at dekaresearch.com> wrote:

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