Saturday, August 11, 2012

Akhirnya QT diakuisisi oleh Digia

Setelah beberapa tahun berada di bawah Nokia akhirnya QT resmi diakusisi oleh Digia. Digia merupakan perusahaan pengembang software dari Finlandia tepatnya berada di kota Helsinki yang merupakan ibukota dari Finlandia,  penandatanganan kontrak dilakukan pada tanggal 9 Agustus lalu. Dari berita yang didapat menyatakan bahwa QT akan dikembangkan dan akan mensupport Android, IOS dan Windows 8.
Dengan adanya akusisi ini menandakan bahwa ada era baru untuk QT bisa berkembang lebih baik jika dibandingkan saat berada dibawah Nokia.

Detail dari berita akusisi QT oleh Digia dapat dilihat di situs resmi Digia http://www.digia.com/en/Home/Company/News/Digia-to-acquire-Qt-from-Nokia/

“We are looking forward to welcoming the Qt team to Digia. By adding this world class organization to our existing team we plan to build the next generation leading cross-platform development environment.” said Tommi Laitinen, SVP, International Products, Digia. “Now is a good time for everyone to revisit their perception of Qt. Digia’s targeted R&D investments will bring back focus on Qt’s desktop and embedded platform support, while widening the support for mobile operating systems.”

"Nokia is proud of the contributions we've made to Qt over the past four years. We are pleased that we've been able to work with Digia to secure continued development of Qt by the current core team," said Sebastian Nyström, head of Nokia Strategy. "Digia's plans to acquire Qt mean that it can continue as a successful open source project and also offer continuing employment for many people in the community."

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