[Qt-interest] The argument for Qt

[Bob Hood]

I apologize if this might be a bit off-topic, but I'm looking for some talking
points regarding Qt and its future.

We used Qt for an unpublished, R&D project, and I am of the opinion that it is
the most elegant and comprehensive cross-platform toolkit ever created (so, of
course, I am rather biased ;).  I've been trying to make the case to use Qt as
a replacement for the toolkit in our commercial product, which is a
hand-rolled system that is just too old anymore to keep up with our evolving
needs.

The argument I keep coming up against is that Qt's future is uncertain for the
desktop, and that we don't want to put ourselves in a hole with it as a
result.  There are rumors (probably true) that Nokia will be terminating Qt
development by the end of the year, and it is this sticking point that I am
having a hard time getting past.

I have pointed out that it is open source, but that just begets moans and eye
rolls -- perfect justifiable in my opinion, given some of our experience with
using open source to maintain a commercial product.  So that's probably not a
good point to keep making.

I have pointed out that the commercial end of the business is being handled by
Digia, and since we actually maintain a license, we are being serviced by
Digia and its support /at this very moment/.  Not enough.

I have pointed to Qt's "open governance" as a move to protect it from the
corporate "chaos" and ensure that it remains an open, viable and maintained
toolkit.  Again, not enough.

Is there anything more I can site that I haven't?

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/qt-interest-old/attachments/20111018/092f5374/attachment.html