On 02/08/2012, at 10:02 PM, <lars.kn...@nokia.com> <lars.kn...@nokia.com> wrote:
> I talked a bit with the team in Brisbane this morning. Obviously the mood > there is somewhat grim. Grim yes, but at least we now know what is happening with our jobs in respect to Nokia. > > Talking for me, it's really sad to see this happen. There are a lot of bright > engineers working in that office and I have been working with many of them > for quite some time now. I really hope that everybody will find a new job > soon, and that most of the people will actually stay connected to the Qt > ecosystem and Qt project in some form or another. > > For Qt as a product, it is now really important to remember that we do have > the Qt project and a live and active community around it. This might make > some things a bit more difficult in the short term, but we will find ways to > deal with this and to continue to move Qt forward. > > I'll try to keep this list posted and informed as good as I can. Luckily, the majority of work for 5.0 has already been done in these effected modules. I cannot speak for others, but I will certainly help out when/if I can, regardless of my employment. I want to continue working with sensors and sensor gestures, but I can help maintain the code I helped out with in other areas - sysinfo, bearermanagement backends. > > Lars > > On Aug 2, 2012, at 10:38 AM, ext martin.jo...@nokia.com > <martin.jo...@nokia.com> wrote: > >> I'm sure QML/QtQuick will live on - only Brisbane is affected. >> >> I'm not sure if/how we, the Brisbane developers, will continue to >> contribute, however. >> >> Br, >> Martin. >> >> >> From: ext qtnext [qtn...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, 2 August 2012 4:46 PM >> To: Jones Martin (Nokia-MP/Brisbane) >> Cc: development@qt-project.org >> Subject: Re: [Development] state of Qt's Australia office >> >> >> >> Le jeudi 2 août 2012, martin.jo...@nokia.com a écrit : >> >> We just found out yesterday. We haven’t had a chance to discuss >> continuation of QML/QtQuick, but we have passionate developers here who will >> continue contributing if possible. >> >> Qtquick was the main point of qt5... >> If your company depends on QML/QtQuick, then now is the time to discuss a >> mutually beneficial arrangement with us J >> >> >> I have invested a lot of time in qt5/qml trusting in what nokia said >> before... But i have a very small company so the only way to help that i can >> do is to pay for a commercial licence if there is a trustable company that >> continue qt >> >> >> Martin. >> >> >> >> From: development-bounces+martin.jones=nokia....@qt-project.org >> [mailto:development-bounces+martin.jones=nokia....@qt-project.org] On Behalf >> Of ext qtnext >> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 10:48 PM >> To: development@qt-project.org >> Subject: Re: [Development] state of Qt's Australia office >> >> >> >> QtDeclarative ? Does it mean that nobody in Qt team will work on qml >> (Quick2) ? >> >> >> >> 2012/8/1 Atlant Schmidt <aschm...@dekaresearch.com> >> >> Folks: >> >> (more) >> >> Let's hope that the remaining Trolls land in a >> more-friendly fjord! >> >> Atlant >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: development-bounces+aschmidt=dekaresearch....@qt-project.org >> [mailto:development-bounces+aschmidt=dekaresearch....@qt-project.org] On >> Behalf Of Atlant Schmidt >> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 8:30 AM >> To: '"C. Bergström"'; development@qt-project.org >> Subject: Re: [Development] state of Qt's Australia office >> >> Folks: >> >> I wasn't going to mention this but since the topic has come up... >> >> A source I consider reliable has whispered in my ear that >> in the aftermath of Nokia recently shooting Meltemi dead*, >> Sebastian Nyström (the Nokia Senior VP in charge of Qt) has >> been given explicit direction to sell-off the Qt asset. >> >> Nokia's great experiment in frameworks (mobile and otherwise) >> is over. >> >> Atlant >> >> >> * After having previously shot Symbian and Maemo/MeeGo dead >> >> >> This e-mail and the information, including any attachments, it contains are >> intended to be a confidential communication only to the person or entity to >> whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged. 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