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There's a crisis at the moment, more general, and the crisis has caused catastrophic loss of income at many companies. Some people say that qt.io is one of the
by Arnt 7y ago
There's a crisis at the moment, more general, and the crisis has caused catastrophic loss of income at many companies.
Some people say that qt.io is one of the companies in trouble, and that it's reacting by releasing new versions of qt to customers first, and to opensource users a year later.
I've no idea how much income qt.io actually has lost.
- Rochus 7y agoThey lost long before Corona because the business model doesn't work.
- slavik81 7y agoWhat makes you say that? They're still not making much of a profit, but their revenue has doubled since 2015. https://mb.cision.com/Public/14183/3035372/be360a13ae94ae9d.pdf https://mb.cision.com/Public/14183/3035372/be360a13ae94ae9d....
- Rochus 7y agoRevenue of what?
- slavik81 7y agoThe Qt Company (QTCOM). They're publicly traded, so they have to publish yearly financial statements. Their employee count has also doubled, which is why they're not making any profits despite the revenue growth. Edit: Ah, you're pointing out that only 25% of their revenue is commercial licenses, while most of their revenue is consulting. I don't know if that's really such a big deal.
- Rochus 7y agoYou're getting close ;-)
- Arnt 7y agoIf you know enough about their business model to state that it doesn't work, then you know the answer to that question. So why do you ask, what are you trying to say?
- Rochus 7y agoJust have a look with what they earn money. The other stuff is just holding on to an illusion.
- amedvednikov 7y agoThey earn money with Qt, an open source library.
- Rochus 7y agoNo. Look closer.