[maemo-developers] Maemo for commercial development (was Re: N810 RIP)

[From: Quim Gil]

ext Ville M. Vainio wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Quim Gil <quim.gil at nokia.com> wrote:
> 
>>> "My advice to commercial developers is to make a step in the Maemo
>>> platform, learn and have fun with it." ?
>> I think this is the most sensible approach, yes. If you have a better
>> advice for commercial developers in Maemo please share it.
> 
> It seems the original statement is a bit too strong - creating a
> product for maemo doesn't need to be exclusively for
> entertainment/learning purposes. If you make your app with Qt, you
> also have a very good shot at providing a S60 port of the app in the
> future (with a much bigger installed base).

Qt has community support in Maemo, it will get a stronger support in
Fremantle and will be officially supported in Harmattan. So again, I
think I'm just being consistent with what we have.

Don't get me wrong, of course I want to see also commercial developers
bringing great applications to Maemo. I also think the best way to get
them is to be frank now, invite them to have a look by themselves and
concentrate on what they are really looking for: platform, devices,
sales and distribution channels.

-- 
Quim Gil
open source advocate
Maemo Software @ Nokia