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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2005-07-30
The fact that Nokia is public corporation means it obliged to do whatever is within legal limits to improve profitability. Even if does cost only say a million euros extra to keep a factory in Europe, Nokia is still under obligation to relocate it's factory to wherever they think ti would be cheaper.
Now don't get wrong I am far from being right wing on economic issues, but this is the world we live in. Nokia understands this and they are doing whatever it takes to keep competitive...