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#741
Originally Posted by vitaminj View Post
Elop: "Come in!"
The one remaining Nokia Linux dev: "Just to ask, how much will it cost us to get clearance and open source all the Maemo line?"
Elop: "An absolute boatload of cash, legal will be going over it for at least six months. How long will it take you to strip out all the 3rd party code we licensed, references to products we haven't released yet, make sure it still works, write compiling howtos, and set up a hosting website?"
Dev: "Oh, ages."
Elop: "And what would be the benefit from this?"
Dev: "A minor PR boost - a handful of FOSS people are asking for it on forums"
Elop: "OK, well, will those people come back to Nokia, buy phones and generate word of mouth?"
Dev: "Lumias?"
Elop: "Yeah"
Dev: "Not a chance in hell"
Elop: *pulls trapdoor lever, dev plunges into fiery pit* ... "NEXT!"
I think it would be more like:

Elop: "Come in!"
Dev: "Just to ask, how much will it cost..."
Elop: "Wait, who are you again?"
Dev: "Oh, I'm the Maemo guy. I..."
Elop pulls trapdoor lever, dev plunges into fiery pit.
Elop: "I knew I had missed one!"
He flings around stands up and kneels down to a holographic projection of Ballmer.
Elop: "Lord Ballmer, my task is complete."
Ballmer: "Good, good, my young apprentice. The cancer has been exterminated. Now, witness the power of this fully armed and operational private equity firm!"

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#742
Originally Posted by mariusmssj View Post
Seems like whole QT team got sacked too

Please don't be true
 
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#743
Originally Posted by jalyst View Post
Please don't be true
I think its true that's why qgill has been trying to indicate in code that he might not be around for long...
 

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#744
Originally Posted by mariusmssj View Post
Seems like whole QT team got sacked too
I hope some of them get together and starts a new "Trolltech". The global demand for Qt is huge.
 

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Originally Posted by specc View Post
I hope some of them get together and starts a new "Trolltech". The global demand for Qt is huge.
Finnish Digia?

http://www.digia.com/en/Qt/

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/07/n...ness-to-digia/
 

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#746
last pr1.3 beta internal release

mp-harmattan-001-pr_40.2012.21-3_all.deb
mp-harmattan-rm680-pr_40.2012.16-1_all.deb

nokia... please, release it !!
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#747
Originally Posted by rlinfati View Post
last pr1.3 beta internal release

mp-harmattan-001-pr_40.2012.21-3_all.deb
mp-harmattan-rm680-pr_40.2012.16-1_all.deb

nokia... please, release it !!
Where did you get that info from?
 
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#748
Originally Posted by specc View Post
I hope some of them get together and starts a new "Trolltech". The global demand for Qt is huge.
doesnt blackberrys new OS use qt?
 
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#749
Ughh when is PR 1.3 coming out already, this is pissin me the F*** off! I'm waiting forever for this thing to come so I can install NitDroid with it without going through annoying complications when Pr 1.3 is actually out.
 
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#750
I personally hope it takes much longer, so long as there's still a small team actively working on it.
The team has become so small now, that they need way more time to get more fixed or implemented.*
If it gets to October and we're still only hearing hints that it's coming, THEN I'll start to get irritated.
But based on the snippets we've been getting in this thread, I think were getting it (if at all) in 1-4wk.

*They could follow the "release early & release often" mantra...
But the chances of them being allowed to release major updates after 1.3 is hugely reduced IMO.

Originally Posted by mikecomputing View Post
Dont give that high hopes on Blackberry10. That company is more crisis than MicroNokia...
If you read only Engadget or similar I wouldn't blame you for having that perspective...
Yes they're in trouble, but the extent to which they are has OFTEN been exaggerated/simplified in the past yr, & that's had quite an impact.
Not saying that alone is why they're doing poorly, or even the main reason, but it certainly is a factor.

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