[Qt-qml] QML if Nokia goes WinPhone7?

[Michael Rychlik]

Alen Alpert,

re: : "Qt and Qt Quick are not going away." Again.

Check these statements from the Elop on Sunday:

"Nokia Corp. will get billions of dollars from Microsoft Corp. to
*ditch*its current smart-phone software in favor of Windows Phone 7,
Nokia CEO
Stephen Elop said Sunday, in a defense of the deal."

" Microsoft is paying Nokia billions of dollars to switch to Windows Phone
7."

"This is something I don't think was completely explained," Elop said.

"It [Nokia] will save money by not continuing development of its own
software. The net benefit is still in the billions, he said."

So there it is, straight from the horses mouth.

Conclusion?

I don't know, but if I were still working at Nokia on Qt and related
software I probably would not bother turning up for work today.

How do we get Qt away from this train wreck? I hope there is someone out
there with deep pockets and a stake in Qt's future who can rescue you guys
and keep Qt moving along.








Further


On 14 February 2011 07:54, Michael Rychlik <michael.rychlik at gmail.com>wrote:

> Alen Alpert
>
>
> In case you didn't notice: http://blog.qt.nokia.com/2011/02/12/nokia-new-<http://blog.qt.nokia.com/2011/02/12/nokia-new-%0Astrategic-direction-what-is-the-future-for-qt/>
>>  strategic-direction-what-is-the-future-for-qt/<http://blog.qt.nokia.com/2011/02/12/nokia-new-%0Astrategic-direction-what-is-the-future-for-qt/>may contain the information you
>> seek. Summary: Qt and Qt Quick are not going away.
>>
>
> Yes, seen it. There is also 100's of comments attached to that blog post
> that are not very happy.
>
> Qt will not go away. But it's hard to see how it continue it's momentum
> with no significant useful place in the scheme of things at Nokia. And when
> facing the prospect of large cutbacks in Nokia software R&D.
>
> We are worried. Can't help thinking "valentine's day massacre".
>
>
>
>
> On 14 February 2011 01:55, Alan Alpert <alan.alpert at nokia.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 09:34:04 ext rajiv.ranganath at nokia.com wrote:
>> > Sorry, my bad. I forgot to lock my phone keypad.
>> >
>> > In any case, kindly please stay tuned for more information. Its coming.
>> >
>>
>> In case you didn't notice: http://blog.qt.nokia.com/2011/02/12/nokia-new-
>> strategic-direction-what-is-the-future-for-qt/ may contain the
>> information you
>> seek. Summary: Qt and Qt Quick are not going away.
>>
>> --
>> Alan Alpert
>> Software Engineer
>> Nokia, Qt Development Frameworks
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