Qt, Nokia, and the Internet Rambling.....

So, most of you who read my blog know about Nokia's deal with Microsoft. To re-iterate the best image posting I've seen on planetkde via John Layt's blog: Keep Calm and Carry On.

Yes, Microsoft has been a major negative force on computing, especially with regards to the freedoms of end users. This however does not warrant the extreme and in many ways self-defeating knee-jerk reactions that have been permeating the Interwebs oft lately on the F/OSS blogs.

Lets rather, take a wait and see approach to this. There really isn't enough information on the ground at this point in the game to know what is or is not going to occur in the immediate or even long-term for Qt Development Frameworks at Nokia. Lets trust in our friends at Nokia to gather up the information that the community is craving to know and get it ready for public consumption.

Until then, Nothing to See Here, Move Along.

Sprint-A-Thon!

What has two homes on either side of the planet, attracts geeks by the storm, and the letter Q?

No, not a rabid Qbert collector, rather Qt Dev Days!

This year, to start things out right we've managed to acquire through the clandestine (ok, maybe not so much....) work of the Nokia Qt Development Frameworks division (formerly known as Trolltech) F/OSS Community Manager, Knut Yrvin, a small stash of passes for KDE developers to the event. We thought what better way to draw in interested KDE developers than to hold a pre-Qt Dev Days Sprint?!

What will the sprint cover, you might ask? Well, we're interested in hearing (hopefully sooner than later) what YOU, the KDE hacker wants to work on/brainstorm on at this sprint! To better get an idea of whom will or will not be coming, please stop by our Facebook event page and RSVP. If you choose not to use FB to let us know, feel free to leave a blurb on my blog. Thanks :D

UPDATE: Hmmm, it would seem I for got to post the LINK to said FB event..... Here you go: Facebook Dev Days Sprint.