Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 28th Jan 2008 09:33 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Trolltech, the originator of Qt, which forms the basis of the Linux KDE desktop environment, is being acquired by Nokia, the world's number-one mobile phone vendor. Nokia expects its acquisition of Trolltech to accelerate its cross-platform software strategy for mobile devices and desktop applications, and to enhance its Internet services business. The original press release is also available. Update: "We will continue to actively develop Qt and Qtopia. We also want to underline that we will continue to support the open source community by continuing to release these technologies under the GPL."
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2006-09-16
> I wouldn't really say "at all cost" because Bochum was 6% of their
> production but 25% of costs.
This has been shown to be untrue. Nokia compared the costs of production and R&D in Bochum to just production elsewhere. Had they compared production in Bochum vs. production in Finnland, Bochum wouldn't have been less profitable:
http://www.focus.de/finanzen/news/betriebsrat_aid_235055.html (German)