Its called Silverlight, which is a copy of Flash. I really think the "disruptive tech" will be whomever gets Qt onto WP7. But MS isn't allowing anything with a "open license" on the store.
________________________________ From: Mario Negro Ponzi <[email protected]> To: Michael Rychlik <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 7:25:42 PM Subject: Re: [Qt-qml] QML if Nokia goes WinPhone7? How hard would it be to have QML (not Qt) on top of .net? On 14 feb. 2011, at 07:49, Michael Rychlik <[email protected]> wrote: Alen Alpert, > >re: : "Qt and Qt Quick are not going away." Again. > >Check these statements from the Elop on Sunday: > >"Nokia Corp. will get billions of dollars from Microsoft Corp. to ditch its >current smart-phone software in favor of Windows Phone 7, Nokia CEO Stephen >Elop >said Sunday, in a defense of the deal." > >" Microsoft is paying Nokia billions of dollars to switch to Windows Phone 7." > >"This is something I don't think was completely explained," Elop said. > >"It [Nokia] will save money by not continuing development of its own software. >The net benefit is still in the billions, he said." > >So there it is, straight from the horses mouth. > >Conclusion? > >I don't know, but if I were still working at Nokia on Qt and related software >I >probably would not bother turning up for work today. > >How do we get Qt away from this train wreck? I hope there is someone out there >with deep pockets and a stake in Qt's future who can rescue you guys and keep >Qt >moving along. > > > > > > > > >Further > > > >On 14 February 2011 07:54, Michael Rychlik <[email protected]> wrote: > >Alen Alpert >> >> >> >>In case you didn't notice: http://blog.qt.nokia.com/2011/02/12/nokia-new- >>>strategic-direction-what-is-the-future-for-qt/ may contain the information you >>>seek. Summary: Qt and Qt Quick are not going away. >>> >Yes, seen it. There is also 100's of comments attached to that blog post that >are not very happy. >> >>Qt will not go away. But it's hard to see how it continue it's momentum with >>no >>significant useful place in the scheme of things at Nokia. And when facing >>the >>prospect of large cutbacks in Nokia software R&D. >> >>We are worried. Can't help thinking "valentine's day massacre". >> >> >> >> >> >>On 14 February 2011 01:55, Alan Alpert <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 09:34:04 ext [email protected] wrote: >>>> Sorry, my bad. I forgot to lock my phone keypad. >>>> >>>> In any case, kindly please stay tuned for more information. Its coming. >>>> >>> >>>In case you didn't notice: http://blog.qt.nokia.com/2011/02/12/nokia-new- >>>strategic-direction-what-is-the-future-for-qt/ may contain the information you >>>seek. Summary: Qt and Qt Quick are not going away. >>> >>>-- >>>Alan Alpert >>>Software Engineer >>>Nokia, Qt Development Frameworks >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Qt-qml mailing list >>>[email protected] >>>http://lists.qt.nokia.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-qml >>> >> > _______________________________________________ >Qt-qml mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.qt.nokia.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-qml >
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