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Unless I'm missing something big, this means that the only part of Qt making money is now divorced from Qt development. So the development staff inside Nokia i
by mullr 16y ago
Unless I'm missing something big, this means that the only part of Qt making money is now divorced from Qt development. So the development staff inside Nokia is not profitable and no longer strategic. In a large company, this is when you start looking for a new job.
- Maakuth 16y agoGood point, except that Qt licensing has never bought in very big money to Nokia or Trolltech before it, especially after they changed the license from GPL to LGPL. I think Qt's being strategic lies in their being part of Nokia platforms. On the other hand, Digia has been doing a lot of Qt work for Nokia, so it's good news for their developers.
- mullr 16y agoHow did trolltech ever make money, except for Qt licensing? They had Qtopia and what not, but I don't think Nokia is continuing that.
- eliben 16y agoConsider how Digia used to make money (taken from Qt's blog on this news item) Employing hundreds of Qt experts, Digia has 7 years experience in providing top-class Qt competence, and is dedicated to continue and grow Qt Commercial relationships as well as to contribute innovation to the overall Qt LGPL and commercial community.
- teyc 16y agoI'd take that "hundreds" and divide it by 4 to arrive at the upper bound of the number of actual Qt developers Digia have.
- bergie 16y agoFrom when Nokia acquired TrollTech (http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3235 http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3235): Trolltech's total revenue is around €25 million. Total losses were around €6 million for the last couple of years. Total cash on hand at this point is around €13 million. They've got around 250 employees worldwide. No info, though, on how this was split between licensing and other professional services.
- hartror 16y agoI'm sure they have ever since Nokia aligned themselves with Microsoft.
- tallanvor 16y agoI know one person in Nokia who did/does developer support. He's looking like a genius now because he submitted his resignation a month before the new partnership was announced (in Norway it's common to have to give 3 months notice).