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

[Scott Aron Bloom]

Im not sure if that's good or bad :(

At 14M, you were a "break even" from a P&L point of view, loses are always accepted for infrastructure groups where other groups make money off the teams work..

At 260.. run rate must be at least 30M if not 45...  That's hard to justify as an infrastructure group whos primary product isn't getting used in the tier one product..
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Em segunda-feira, 7 de março de 2011, às 08:20:48, Scott Aron Bloom escreveu:
> 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?

http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2011/02/18/buckets-of-cold-water/

"We are currently ca 260 people in the Qt Development Frameworks organization in Nokia."

The offices are located in Oslo, Berlin, Munich, Brisbane, Tampere (fi), Helsinki, and Sunnyvale (California). Not exactly known for cheap labour.

So you make the calculation how much this costs.

Let me tell you: it's more than 14M.

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