Nokia to acquire Trolltech [LWN.net]

Nokia to acquire Trolltech

Posted Jan 28, 2008 14:40 UTC (Mon) by nhippi (subscriber, #34640)
In reply to: Nokia to acquire Trolltech by kripkenstein
Parent article: Nokia to acquire Trolltech

Not sure what Qt will bring, though - letting people code apps that are cross-platform and can hence run on other platforms than S60 seems counterproductive for Nokia.

QT has Infinitely easier API than S60.
QT has Infinitely more UI flexibility allowing Nokia to create much more sexy UI.
Once all the apps run on QT, switching the kernel beneath is easier.
Makes motorola managers scream when they realize they need to license Qtopia from Nokia if they want to continue building their future on the JUIX Linux/Qtopia/Java based platform ;)

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Nokia to acquire Trolltech

Posted Jan 28, 2008 17:42 UTC (Mon) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]

5. Nokia gets to license the QT/Nokia platform to proprietary-software-making third parties
and control the platform.

If they move to the Linux kernel, decide to license to third parties, and is able to make QT
very attractive for developers they get a strong chance to unite the Linux mobile phone market
around their banner.