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Nokia to acquire Trolltech

Nokia to acquire Trolltech

Posted Jan 28, 2008 17:42 UTC (Mon) by drag (subscriber, #31333)
In reply to: Nokia to acquire Trolltech by nhippi
Parent article: Nokia to acquire Trolltech

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.


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