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Nokia to acquire Trolltech

tote_b5 | 28 January, 2008 13:48

Of course, I read the press release from Nokia. I even noticed that my fellow FN Champion, Paul Todd, was faster than me to write about it. Never mind, I knew it in advance that I can't be faster than AAS, nor Simon Judge, either.

What comes as a surprise to me, though, that no-one has pointed out to an important aspect of this announcement: am I alone to think that this is Nokia's answer to Google OHA?

Nokia already had a mobile Linux platform, called Maemo, but with this $153M acquisition it has now joined LiMo, too. See brief comparison between LiMo and OHA here. It's interesting to see how mobile phone manufacturers are committing themselves to different "open" mobile operating systems (e.g. Nokia to Symbian/S60, Maemo, LiMo; Motorola to LiMo, OHA, Symbian/UIQ) just to find the ultimate revenue source. If there is such, since who said that multiple mobile OSes cannot happily co-exist? Anyway, for us, developers, it might easily become the ultimate hell.

Originally from mobile-thoughts.blogspot.com.

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openess

coultonp | 28/01/2008, 15:06

coultonp

I must admit I am slightly baffled by the current cult of ‘open’ whilst I can see benefits to open standards, and in some form open source, at at the moment it seems to be creating greater fragmentation for those us at the lower end of the food chain. I hope we see some stabilisation this year and not the same surge in 'new' platforms as last year but I may be im just getting old ;)

More and more complicated

bogdan.galiceanu | 28/01/2008, 16:12

bogdan.galiceanu

I couldn't agree more with your vision of the "ultimate developer hell" :) . Sure, having platforms to choose from is good, but nowadays we're seeing 1-3 new platforms a year, and it's starting to get really confusing.
But, let's hope this aquisition works out well for Nokia.

Re: Nokia to acquire Trolltech

wmseto | 07/02/2008, 10:29

wmseto

The industry is moving so fast, and we are running to use the best technologies out there. As hi-tech workers, we can only expect one constant, changes and new stuff. :-) The key to success and win over competitions, I think, is to manage changes well. Hopefully, we (Nokia) can provide a smooth road for our developers to adapt.

By the way, thanks for your comment Garbor. I remember my Budapest trip. I still have some pictures that was taken from the 7650, believe that? The Hungarian pizza I had in your office is also something to remember. :p It was wonderful but only too short. I am so ready to visit again, just need a reason. :-)

If you would like to write something about your thoughts on the Web, I can add you as my blog user. You can contribute when you have something to say. No string attached. ;-)

It's hard to catch up

tote_b5 | 07/02/2008, 13:46

tote_b5

Yes, the industry is running and so are you. But please pay attention to what you leave behind ... us, developers. We're following you and trying to catch up with as many things as we're able to, however, it's sometimes (or, for some, most of the times) very difficult. Please take that into consideration, too!

To be honest, I'm not sure what you meant on "blog user", but sure, I like contributing to other people's blog. :)

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