[dundee] Nokia acquires Trolltech

[Rick]

Not to mention their development tools, which could improve the
Symbian/Nokia development environments considerably.

R.

On 28/01/2008, Rick <rick.moynihan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Seems like a smart acquisition to me!  Especially given Nokia's openc
> initiatives which allow porting linux apps to symbian.  I'd imagine QT
> could strengthen their hold over the embedded device market and allow
> them to offer a great platform for cross-platform  (symbian/linux) GUI
> development... Switching in Symbian/Linux depending on the device's
> constraints.
>
> Remember Nokia don't want to sell phones anymore, they want to sell
> services and integrated Internet devices.
>
> Trolltech also have some great employees (I had the pleasure of
> speaking to at 3GSM a few years ago), and a lot of knowledge and
> experience in FLOSS, cross-platform development and also mobile (their
> green phone).
>
> Sun however, should have probably acquired them some years ago to
> clear up the licensing mess around QT/KDE rather than spending money
> on developing GNOME which has confused the Unix desktop space a little
> more than it need have.
>
> Also $153m is a small price to pay.  I'd imagine both sides are happy
> with the acquisition.
>
> R.
>
> On 28/01/2008, Barry Carr <barry at benericht.co.uk> wrote:
> > Seems an odd acquisition to me, but there you go. More details here:
> >
> > http://trolltech.com/28012008/28012008
> >
> > Cheers
> > Barry
> >
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