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

[Scott Aron Bloom]

In general, I see this as news with both upside and downside.. According to the news release, with only 3500 licenses (at say $4000 USD or so a pop) the 14M a year in revenue, would have just slowly died at Nokia since there is no longer a "need" for Qt in their new phones..

 

However, I wonder,and we will only find out in the next 12 months or so...  Will Nokia allow that same 14M worth of resources work on Qt?  

 

The one upside of Qt commercial being owned by Nokia, at least then there was a revenue stream coming in to nokia to  support the development.. Even if it was at a partial loss, since the goal was Qt on the phone/embedded etc..

 

Now however, the great trolls (and they ARE great) will have to constantly be justifying their work on projects that the company doesn't need...

 

I would have been a lot happier if Nokia had sold the WHOLE Qt division to Digia.

 

Scott

From: qt-interest-bounces+scott.bloom=onshorecs.com at qt.nokia.com [mailto:qt-interest-bounces+scott.bloom=onshorecs.com at qt.nokia.com] On Behalf Of Atlant Schmidt
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 6:25 AM
To: Atlant Schmidt; 'qt-interest at qt.nokia.com'
Subject: Re: [Qt-interest] I see the Trolls are being sold to Digia

 

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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