[Qt-interest] I see the Trolls are being sold to Digia

[Atlant Schmidt]

Folks:

  Here's a more-detailed article from All About Symbian:

    http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/12651_Digia_to_acquire_commercial_li.php

  It states that Nolia will retain "The major portion of Qt, including all core
  development and LGPL licensing" but frankly, I think that will change
  over time as Digia becomes more active and Nokia becomes more
  bored with working on Qt and as those developers still employed by
  Nokia-employed see greener pastures elsewhere.

                                           Atlant


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From: Atlant Schmidt
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 09:20
To: qt-interest at qt.nokia.com
Subject: I see the Trolls are being sold to Digia

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/07/nokia-sells-qt-licensing-and-services-business-to-digia/?utm_source=twitterfeed

Sebastian Nyström, Nokia Vice President, Application and Service Frameworks,
had this to say about the agreement:

    "Nokia will continue to invest in developing Qt as a cross-platform framework
    for mobile, desktop and embedded segments, focusing on open source development
    and expansion, we wanted a partner who can drive the commercial licensing and
    services business around Qt. Digia has proven, in-depth Qt expertise, operational
    excellence and a keen interest in growing and improving the overall Qt community
    and so well positioned to expand the Qt Commercial licensing and services business."

 -=-=-=-=-=-

  I take this as good news. Nokia has no further commercial interest in Qt
  so for them to have held on to it would have meant it "dying on the vine"
  slowly but surely. Digia, on the other hand, are highly-competent, well-
  motivated software engineers and will probably do the right things to
  keep Qt very-much alive in the coming years.

  Congratulations to everyone affected - you've escaped Nokia's "burning
  platform"!

                                          Atlant


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