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| Digia acquires Qt from Nokia |
| By Thom Holwerda, submitted by Jarle Anfinsen on 2012-08-09 20:31:57 |
| Digia has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the Qt software technologies and Qt business from Nokia. Digia has sent a letter to the KDE team that it intends to pretty much continue what Trolltech and Nokia built up, so not a whole lot ought to change for KDE - luckily. |
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| Good news |
| By linux-lover on 2012-08-09 21:10:20 |
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I think this is good for Qt. Qt will be Digia's main business, unlike at Nokia were it was a side business. It will get more attention. Nokia was focused on Mobile, they no longer needed Qt with the WP7 switch. Digia will be more focused on embedded and desktop then Nokia was. Also they can add iOS and android support, which Nokia probably would not do as they were direct competitors. But this has got me thinking, it is one of the last non-mobile assets of Nokia (afaik). It has now been sold. Nokia is now valued much less after shooting themselves in the foot with the WP7 switch. Does anyone think when Nokia becomes cheap enough, MS will buy them out? Not only will they get a hardware business for Windows Phone, they will also get tons of patents and IP. It could easily be turned in to a weapon to fight android. |
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| Comment by ephracis |
| By ephracis on 2012-08-09 21:21:11 |
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Wonderful news. I love Qt mainly for how extensive, easy, well-documented and just pure awesome it is. Hope it sees continued development and improvement for many, many more years. :D |
| - Score: 8 |
| Comment by orestes |
| By orestes on 2012-08-09 21:39:51 |
| They've been selling commercial QT licenses for quite a while now, so it's only logical they be the ones to acquire the rest of the QT rights. It's not like their management is anywhere near as incompetent as Nokia's is so this should be a good move for all parties |
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| RE: Good news |
| By Sodki on 2012-08-09 22:22:09 |
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> Does anyone think when Nokia becomes cheap enough, MS will buy them out? Basically everyone believes that. Elop was put in charge of Nokia for a reason, while still being paid by Microsoft. |
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| RE[2]: Good news |
| By shmerl on 2012-08-09 22:58:28 |
| With Qt and Meego developers leaving Nokia, the only thing to regret about them now is their good hardware design. |
| - Score: 1 |
| Better now than later |
| By UglyKidBill on 2012-08-09 23:20:20 |
| Well, if nothing else, I guess it is better to see NOkia selling it to Digia now rather than seeing Qt becoming an MS property through a Nokia buy-out in the (probably not so distant) future... |
| - Score: 11 |
| More good news? |
| By zzarko on 2012-08-10 06:38:45 |
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Vringo and Nokia Execute Patent Purchase Agreement: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/... http://www.smallcapnetwork.com/T... |
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| Here are the comments of the most influenced: |
| By dsmogor on 2012-08-10 06:57:56 |
| http://qt-project.org/forums/vie... |
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| Elop has a lot of merit |
| By jgfenix on 2012-08-10 08:03:32 |
| He killed every possibly alternative to Windows Phone. |
| - Score: 1 |
| Digia VS Trolltech |
| By moltonel on 2012-08-10 08:07:31 |
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Certainly good news in the sense that it's not a good thing to belong to a corporation that has demonstrated suicidal tendencies. But it's not going to be an easy ride for Digia either. The founding company Trolltech eventually gave up, after all. Digia was (I assume) already profitable with their Qt business, but adding 125 engineer salaries to their balance sheet is going to take a toll. Their earnings will have to increase quite a bit as a result of the whole operation. What was nice with Nokia is that Qt was just a minor item in their balance sheet; they could afford to lose money on it. Digia cannot afford that, they have to make money on Qt. I wish Digia all the best, and will make sure to point to them if somebody requires Qt trqining or support. |
| - Score: 3 |
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