In case you missed it, it is now official
Trolltech merges with Nokia
But do not be scared, my open source friends. This means that Qt and Qtopia will continue to be developed, and have even wider recognition that it is the greatest cross platform GUI toolkit on the planet.
I am sure there will be more press releases coming soon, so I won’t comment on anything else that might happen. But I can say this, this merger is a two way street. i.e. Nokia wants to learn from Trolltech and Trolltech can learn from Nokia.
What I wonder, is if Nokia can make a rubber boot for my phone. After all, it has been fairly rainy here in Brisbane this year.
Remember, “Trolltech has benefited greatly from the feedback the community has been providing while using Qt to develop free software. We respect the symbiotic relationship Qt has with the community and we wish to continue and enhance this relationship.”
So, keep on hackin’ Qt, Qtopia and Kde hackers, there’s good things around the corner!!
6 Responses to “it’s official”
Given that you’ve got a poison pill in place, I’m not sure why Open Source developers would worry.
However, as a commercial developer, I don’t think I have any such protection.
It’s sad that there’s still no single mention from the Trolltech side about the dreaded issue of Nokia actively lobbying for software patents in Europe…
tewha,
Commercial customers have even less to worry about. Nokia wants Qt to continue, it’s customers as well.
I hope you are still be called “Trolltech”? 
Regarding Nokia’s role in the HTML5 brouhaha around OGG Vorbis and OGG Theora, will it affect support of these formats in Qtopia?
Rubber boots? Nokia knows all about rubber boots, they used to manufacture them before the mobile phones came. You can still buy a pair of “Nokia” branded rubber boots in Finland, though it’s nowadays a separate company. Not to mention “Nokian” car tyres!