[Qt-interest] Nokia and MS

[Paul Miller]

On 2/15/2011 7:42 AM, Karl Ruetz wrote:
> While I realize I exist as a minority, my primary use for QT is the
> Desktop, not Mobile. What I, and those in my position would appreciate,

My guess is you are in the majority. I am also a desktop app developer 
using Qt (on Mac, Windows, and Linux).

> Any hedging by Nokia at this point, will force many of us to seek out
> out other development strategies (something we REALLY do not wish to
> do). But we cannot be held hostage by Nokia's delay to communicate
> openly and honestly its intentions for the QT Desktop and QT Creator.

Frankly, I'm not concerned. Many many people rely on it, and I 
personally wouldn't use anything else. If Nokia dumps Qt, I am 100% 
certain Qt will continue in a fork. At the very least, you have the 
source code - if Nokia dumps Qt, it's not like it will suddenly stop 
working. What is the alternative? Rewrite all of my UIs three times, or 
<shudder> use WxWindows? No thanks!