Why no Windows Phone port of Qt?
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I'm fine with keeping Windows lovers out of the equation for the future of Qt;) Does anyone know what exactly is behind the marketing term "Windows Phone 7"? Is it just another reiteration of the Windows CE or NT legacy? Or is it something more substantial? For instance does it support full multiprocessing? (fork(2) etc...)
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afaik it is built on WinCE (not sure what version)
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bq. Microsoft want’s to push and sell their own tools. I do not see any valid reason for them to support a product that is clearly in competition with theirs.
That's why I find Nokia current position really alienating
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I am quite new to Qt ... Why no Qt port for WP7? (in just one sentence)
Since Microsoft and Nokia are partners now, the idea of an Qt port isn't so absurd?
I am aware of the fact that it is technically very hard to bring C++ native code to C#.NET but ... Maybe Microsoft makes an exception and allows C++/Qt on WP7 devices ;-) Even I don't think that it would happen but it is a nice idea ...
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There is no technical reason for banning Qt from WP7. Believe me, we were all shocked when we heard about the Qt ban on WP7. Microsoft does not want Qt on WP7. Why? As you know Microsoft forced people to choose DOS/Windows because the applications were not available on a different platform and vice versa developers had to target Windows because it had the biggest market share.
This monopoly game is not possible with Qt, because Qt can be ported to other platforms.
You may say, that Nokia should be interested in having Qt on WP7. This is true. Nokia and Microsoft are not partners however. I see Nokia as another victim of Microsoft, lying bleeding and raped on the street. Google for Elop Trojan horse if you are interested in what was going on.
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A Windows RT port is in the works: http://qt-project.org/wiki/Qt-5-on-Windows-8-and-Metro-UI
If that's successful, Windows Phone 8 shouldn't be too far behind
