Re: Nokia buys Trolltech, Ari says
 

Considering that some of Nokias competitors (like Motorola, Panasonic and Sony) use Qt, i would not be surprised if Nokia tried to close Qt development as far as possible to have the an advantage over the other users..

Re: Nokia buys Trolltech, Ari says
 

I guess they really saved money from that Germany plant

Re: Nokia buys Trolltech, Ari says
 

Wasn't QT GPL-ed recently?

Re: Nokia buys Trolltech, Ari says
 

Yes but that doesn't mean future versions/extensions have to be...

Re: Nokia buys Trolltech, Ari says
 

According to Trolltech:

"In Trolltech, we have for a long time had a vision of “Qt Everywhere”. Being acquired by Nokia, we will continue to provide you with the most advanced cross-platform software framework for desktop and devices in the market. There will be further investments in Qt and Qtopia and an even better long-term security in your decision to choose Trolltech for your business."

I don't think Trolltech will be foolish enough to drop support to their current clients. For current clients to look for other solutions -- that's another matter.

Re: Nokia buys Trolltech, Ari says
 

It's not that I'm enjoying the role of Suspicious Muttering Bastard [*], but does anyone remember what happened when Nokia took over the Bluetooth Applet project from community developers and gave us their own, "improved" version?

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[*]: Yeah, I lie: I so do like that role.

Re: Nokia buys Trolltech, Ari says
 

Yeah, the icon turned blue. :p

Re: Nokia buys Trolltech, Ari says
 

Maemo is more than just the GUI isn't it? It's Nokia's linux platform as a whole (Debian + Hildon + core Apps), isn't it? Isn't it more like Hildon would get replaced by KDE? KDE would become the GUI component of Maemo?

It would be drastic... but would it be better? (I honestly don't know) You'd get all of the things that come with KDE. You might lose some of the things that Hildon had. You'll be disrupting something that was already trying to solidify and stabilize for mass market consumption. (but maybe KDE will bring that solidified/stabilized presence?)

Re: Nokia buys Trolltech, Ari says
 

Personally I prefer developing for GTK+ much more than QT, because most development in QT is done in C++.. which I dislike intensely. Even something as (at this stage) rudimentary as the Vala quasi-compiler w/gtk/Hildon looks as a much better option for me at least.

As for the announcement, I have to agree with that anonymous commenter (see the original blog) who questioned the strategy as far as Maemo is concerned. (For mobile phone systems I guess it's possible to see a way though.)

Re: Nokia buys Trolltech, Ari says
 

This can be nothing but wonderful news. What does it mean? who knows, I like the qt everywhere sound. Perhaps a custom qt based OS, I prefer that they stay away from embedded, Perhaps an optimized version of KDE in the future for mid-size screens. Could it mean when I turn on my Nokia device I have a choice like on every other linux system. Perhaps some eyes are opening, and that can only be good news.