[Qt-qml] QML if Nokia goes WinPhone7?

[rajiv.ranganath at nokia.com]

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-----Original Message-----
From: ext Mark S. Townsley
Sent:  02/11/2011, 2:00  PM
To: Charley Bay
Cc: qt-qml at trolltech.com
Subject: Re: [Qt-qml] QML if Nokia goes WinPhone7?




While it may be obvious, I do not believe it is confirmed.
Is Nokia going to abandon QML and the rest of Qt toolchain?

Remember that Qt toolchain is not just for phone.  It is used by many other things and has been around for a while as a cross-platform C++ toolkit.



On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Charley Bay <charleyb123 at gmail.com<mailto:charleyb123 at gmail.com>> wrote:
Oh, this hurts my heart:

<http://developer.qt.nokia.com/forums/viewthread/2675/>

With Nokia backing Windows Phone 7, and (implied) abandonment of MeeGo, ... that really puts QML into question.

IMHO, all the world is moving to "declarative property exposure" separating the business logic from the interface, and *hands down* Qt/QML was the BEST platform I've *ever* seen -- and defined the best-of-breed among today's declarative property interface development paradigms.

This Nokia abandonment hurts my heart.  Nokia screwed up royally here -- I can no longer recommend that our company pursue QML commercial development seriously now.  Microsoft will win big (they needed attention on WinPhone7), and they kill the *strongest* competitor possible (Qt/QML/MeeGo).  Nokia will be screwed when they wake up one morning in the not-distant future, realizing their developers have left them, they have mediocre tools and platform, and no longer control their own operating system.

Quite seriously, the new Nokia CEO from Microsoft seems to still be working for Microsoft.  This will inevitably become the developer equivalent stupidity to the "New Coke" introduction, and the "AOL/Times Warner" merger.

So sad.


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