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Re: Will the FreeQt foundation actually work?
by Knut Yrvin on Monday 28/Jan/2008, @19:44

The stock exchange Q3 report also says: Positive EBITDA[1] of NOK 0.3 million. Sales has increased in the period, the report says. This shows that Trolltech is heading for profitability after a period of heavy investment.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBITDA

When it comes to your "romantic hacker mentality" theory, science says something else. For years now researchers has studied the phenomena of free, libre and open source software. One such study is the Free/Libre and Open Source Software: Survey and Study. The study reports:

Learn and develop new skills, and share knowledge and skills are major motivations for free software developers. The study[2] shows that the free software community is a rather young and predominantly male community with a strong professional background in the IT sector and a high educational level.

2. http://www.infonomics.nl/FLOSS/report/Final4.htm

Trolltech's relation to KDE are well known. At the KDE 4 launch Haavard Nord presented how the relationship was from Trolltech's part:

3. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2866967248993401461

Finally, Nokia embraces open source technology and will take further the open source development culture found in Trolltech. FreeQt foundation is being maintained to guarantee the continued freedom of the toolkit KDE depends upon. Chief Trolls and Nokia VP are now asking for ideas and comments on improving their relationship with the open source community.

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Smoke and Mirrors?
by The Badger on Tuesday 29/Jan/2008, @02:54

"Finally, Nokia embraces open source technology"

News to Maemo developers, I'm sure.

"Chief Trolls and Nokia VP are now asking for ideas and comments on improving their relationship with the open source community."

Let's take a look at the first item on the agenda:

http://www.google.com/search?q=Nokia+software+patents

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