Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 28th Jan 2008 09:33 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Qt 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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RE[2]: optimistic
by anda_skoa on Tue 29th Jan 2008 12:59 UTC in reply to "RE: optimistic"
anda_skoa
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But I don't see Nokia caring much about all the desktop tech. It's not their line of business at all.


I think they are looking into making it part of their business.

The mobile and desktop market already started to overlap and I am pretty sure Nokia wants their share of the "EEE PC" style market as well, for which they need "desktop tech"

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