[NTLUG:Discuss] Nokia buys Trolltech

[Greg Edwards]

> Chris Cox wrote:
> 
> larry dagostino wrote:
> > http://trolltech.com/company/newsroom/announcements/press.2008-01-
> 28.4605718236
> >
> > Very interesting news from Trolltech.  Does this mean that NTLUG
will
> get more love from Nokia?
> 
> No offense, but likely  VERY bad news.  Nokia isn't a software
company.
> There's a better chance that this would spell the end of Qt long term
> (at least
> for FOSS things like Linux).
> 
> We'll see.
> 
> This is just a need for greed deal.
> 

I don't see where Nokia could kill Qt since it's already out there as
GPL.  I'm sure that the KDE team has 1 or 2 copies.  Even if Nokia
decided not to take it forward, KDE is too dependent on it to let it
die.

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Greg Edwards