Why Nokia aquired Qt by Knut Yrvin at Community One, Apr 15 - Oslo Qt Software, Nokia

Knut Yrvin Open Source Community Manager Telenor in 1986 – technical assistant Engineer in electronics – 1992 Telenor – project planning – 1993 Master in system development – 2000 Consultant for three years Norwegian Central Securities Depository, different banks and other industries Co-founded Skolelinux in 2001 Now a part of Debian Edu Trolltech ASA – 2006, Qt Software, a Nokia Company – 2008

Agenda About Qt Software Cross Platform Development Why Nokia aquired Qt

Qt Software

Qt Everywhere To enable development of software that is independent of operating systems and hardware - better and faster than ever before Trolltech’s vision is to make it possible for our customers to create software that is independent of the underlying hardware and operating system platform. By enabling our customers to create software assets once and to deploy them virtually everywhere we enable faster time to market, maximizing the amount of innovation and differentiation possible with your engineering and product development resources. Trolltech software also vastly simplifies the work needed to adapt to new operating systems and new devices. Qt delivers competitive advantage by delivering tools and frameworks that work the same - everywhere. Qt traditionally has been a rich client framework – but now, with WebKit (coming up in Qt 4.4), you can also add a web client to your Qt-based applications. This means that you can build hybrid, iTunes-like applications, mixing local and server-based content and application logic. Qtopia adds on the benefits of Qt by delivering major parts of the infrastructure and applications needed for a wide range of devices, for home, consumer electronics and mobile use. This means that Trolltech delivers proven, universal, broad-reaching solutions for your application and device development needs. 5 5

Millions of Desktop, Mobile and Embedded Devices Desktop applications (Google Earth) Personal Media Players Net-books Refrigerators & Coffee Machines Mobile Internet Devices (Nokia N810) Set-top Boxes Navigation Systems Mobile Phones Our software is found in over 15 million devices worldwide.

Qt Software, a Nokia product A unique 15 years of success Trolltech founded in Oslo, Norway in 1994 Publicly listed in 2006 250 employees worldwide 5500+ customers 217 mill. NOK in 2007, up 25% from 2006 Hundreds of thousand open source developers Acquired by Nokia in 2008

The Business Model Dual Licensing Model Quid pro quo licensing philosophy GPL license for free software use Commercial terms for commercial use LGPL for free and commercial use Same products, multiple licenses

“Virtuous Cycle”

KDE 12 year of building better software with Qt ~ 4000 applications today

Pioners on embedded + Qt Embedded started in 2000 + Kick starting Open Source development for embedded + Sharp Zaurus in Nov 2002 +1200 free software applications, new added rapidly

Running “Desktop” software on Mobile Internet Devices

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Nokia's Software Strategy Rich cross-platform development and great internal framework Applications for multiple platforms from Qt: a single source code base Bring efficiencies, speed to market and reduced maintenance Nokia (Ovi) and 3rd party software and services Qt Cross-platform framework and tools Chipsets Mobile Platform Embedded Platform Desktop

now on S60 (pre release) Target over 80 million devices with Qt for S60 Deploy your Qt for S60 applications to Windows CE and embedded Linux Port your Qt for S60 mobile applications to Windows, Mac and Unix/Linux (X11)

Free us from the silos Today many device manufactures and software developers maintain several code bases for the same application, when targeting different operating systems and devices. Qt can increase Nokia productivity and time to marked, targeting desktop, mobile and embedded platforms with a single code base. Of several benefits with Qt, speed to marked and reduced maintenance cost are great advantages for Nokia and everyone else using Qt.

All form factors Asus EEE Nokia N810 Greenphone FreeRunner

Foundation for future innovation Increased use of Qt, including contributions and feedback from innovative projects, will ensure that Qt is of the highest quality possible. The widespread use of Qt both in free and proprietary projects, translates into greater richness and stability across and between platforms. A continues improvement of Qt gains both Nokia and everyone else who uses it.

Why did Nokia acquire Trolltech? Acceleration of Nokia software strategy Re-use code across devices Provide rich user experiences Easier enable deployment of services across devices Access to great people with a great culture Expand the role of open source and KDE Software and services Framework and tools Mobile Platform Chipsets Mobile Platform PC

Nokia and Open Source Community rules: Nokia want to learn from their success Nokia want to continue to build the strong track record of Qt. That's why Nokia acquired Trolltech Nokia will sponsor people and projects Nokia is and will be even more active in various areas: - KDE, Linux kernel, X.org, Mozilla, supporting FSF etc.

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