... Qt, which today is used largely in embedded devices.
“We’re fans of Qt, and we’ll continue to support it in the near term, but are being open about looking for opportunities which may be best for this developer framework,” Kerris said.

Originally Posted by myname24

@felipec

Thanks for the birthday present Mr. Elop.
Second Linux platform I work in Nokia,
and gets killed. I wonder when will he
admit WP failed.

Mexican software engineer and open
source advocate working at Maemo,
Nokia


Bad days are coming ...

Originally Posted by qwazix

from allthingsd

Originally Posted by rm42

Everyone knows that there is a deal with Microsoft and that Microsoft is sinking in money into Nokia to see if they can get a foot in the door of the Mobile market.

If it wasn't for Microsoft's "huge" financial backing Elop's strategy would have killed Nokia already. So, yes it is a partnership. Nokia helps Microsoft, Microsoft helps Nokia. But, the risk for Nokia is much higher since it means all or nothing. Microsoft could be badly hurt by a failed Nokia, but it will likely survive. Unless, of course, Microsft is determined to make Nokia + Windows Phone succeed and keeps sinking money into the black hole.

Originally Posted by umo120

It's little bit more complicated. In last Nokia quarter fillings there is paragraph saying the money from Microsoft (aka "platform support") will be almost offsetted by minimal licenses payment from Nokia to Microsoft. Over the duration of the deal the flows amount to billions of dollars and if Nokia takes just the minimal licenses they signed for it will result in slightly positive net money flow to Nokia.

The interesting question is how this netting works in reality. Is Microsoft sending Nokia real money now and Nokia had to pay it back in the future? And if that's the case what will happen if the WP doesn't pan out, is Nokia going to be on the hook for billions of dollars? Or are these 250 millions per quarter accounting gimmick and Nokia is paying for the WP marketing with own hard money, Microsoft giving them just "free" WP licenses?

Originally Posted by specc

What Nokia gets is to guide WP into a direction that suits them. In that light they may actually be doing the right thing.

I cannot believe that the entire Nokia board are *****s, I refuse to, and in that light this doesn't look all that bad.

WP7 will be low end to mid end. WP8 will be high end. WP7 is a terrible smartphone OS, but a very good feature phone OS. WP8 may end up being very good because Nokia is in charge lf the design and architecture. This makes sense. It is the only thing that makes sense. The 20 June we will find out. Just a slightly more positive theory than presuming everybody at Nokia are *****s.

... Qt, which today is used largely in embedded devices.
“We’re fans of Qt, and we’ll continue to support it in the near term, but are being open about looking for opportunities which may be best for this developer framework,” Kerris said.