[Qt-interest] what does it mean exactly about Qt future ? Desktop ? Mobile ?

[Atlant Schmidt]

D3fault:

  Please don't diminish the value of "support". While I am a consumer
  of Qt, I'd just as soon never need to know anything about its internals,
  its bugs, or how to fix them; my area of expertise is intended (by me
  and by my employers) to lie elsewhere.

  A Qt support contract costs about US$2,000. That's the equivalent of
  a few days work by a high-grade Software Engineer. So if I waste even
  a few days grappling with a Qt bug, or wrestling with a tough Qt question,
  I've spent the equivalent of just buying the @&*# support contract. And
  having bought the contract (and assuming my supporting agency is
  competent), I can simply say: "Here's a problem that appears to be
  your problem; please solve it!"

  Lately, it hasn't worked that way. But Digia are highly competent and
  I believe they will do good, fast, competent work supporting Qt.

  And I'd be more-than-willing to pay for that because I have other
  things to do!

                                            Atlant

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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 d3fault
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Subject: Re: [Qt-interest] what does it mean exactly about Qt future ? Desktop ? Mobile ?


What incentive does digia have to push their commercial changes back into the community version of qt? Seeing as they're a for profit company, it is against their interests. I see this as a potential problem if the commercial version becomes a beast and leaves the community version in the dust. On the other hand... I highly doubt the commercial version would ever gain more usage than the community version. Ever since nokia released qt under the lgpl license, companies have been able to use qt commercially for free. If digia doesn't add anything to qt and keep the changes private, the only thing they're selling is support. Can't say I'd invest my money in such a company... but maybe someone else would. Without any added functionality, they aren't really selling anything (in MY eyes. I'd never pay for support when I can find virtually any answer on the internets). I have nothing against digia or the business deal and I HOPE it's to Qt's benefit (not nokia or digia... but the Qt community as a whole)... I just find the whole thing a bit baffling. Will digia push changes to the community version?

-d3fault


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