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wmarone is offline wmarone
2011-02-14 , 22:47
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#27
Originally Posted by rm42 View Post
So do you think Qt represents a significant threat for MS or not? I'd say that it must represent a very significant threat if they are willing to spend "billions" in trying to derail it.
No, I don't think Qt represents a significant threat to MS. Linux does, however. But even that isn't why I think they're doing this.

Why would it be the worst case scenario for KDE to fork Qt? I don't think you are making any sense. It would much worst if Qt is allowed to stagnate without any one picking it up.
I suggest you work on your comprehension skills. The worst case is basically not a bad case at all, and has in fact been a benefit to open source as a whole. My point is that Qt cannot stagnate, and if it looks like MS/Nokia are going to try that, they can be bypassed entirely.

As for MS, the worst case scenario is for Qt to become even stronger outside of Nokia's control. I personally think that is what is going to happen.
And as I said earlier, if Qt was truly going to be a threat it would have been obvious years ago. However, in the grand scheme of things, a toolkit alone (even as advanced as Qt) is not a threat. Especially not when it works quite well on your OS.