____/ Mark Kent on Monday 28 January 2008 14:08 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Matt on Monday 28 January 2008 11:08 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>> Nokia to Acquire Trolltech to Accelerate Software Strategy
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | Nokia will offer NOK 16 per share in cash. The board of directors of
>>>> | Trolltech has unanimously recommended that its shareholders accept
>>>> | Nokia's Offer.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>>
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/UKM00728012008-1.htm
>>>
>>> from the same article:
>>>> The acquisition of Trolltech will enable Nokia to accelerate its
>>>> cross-platform software strategy for mobile devices and desktop
>>>> applications, and develop its Internet services business. With Trolltech,
>>>> Nokia and third party developers will be able to develop applications
>>>> that work in the Internet, across Nokia's device portfolio and on PCs.
>>>> Nokia's software strategy for devices is based on cross-platform
>>>> development environments, layers of software that run across operating
>>>> systems, enabling the development of applications across the Nokia device
>>>> range. Examples of current cross-platform layers are Web runtime, Flash,
>>>> Java and Open C.
>>
>> It sounds like bad news to Apple, among many others. Suprising however is
>> the fact that Nokia already has Maemo. I'm 90% sure it's GTK-based, but I
>> haven't check. So now they get both? Maybe they can further bridge the gap?
>>
>
> I'm not sure it's bad news. Nokia have deep pockets, and have been
> doing well in the open-platforms arena. I think we'll see a much longer
> round of floss acquisitions for the time being:
>
> mobicents => red hat
> jboss => red hat
> cups => apple
> mysql => sun
> trolltech => nokia
> suse => novell (went very badly wrong)
> caldera <= sco (became reverse takeover, major failure)
>
> ... it's not over yet, I'm sure.
I’ve just heard from someone who funds KDE. It seems to confirm some fears, but
KDE can fork.
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