Why no Windows Phone port of Qt?

dialingo

Qt on Windows would divide the developer community from a Microsoft perspective.
Qt on Windows would unify the developer community from a Nokia perspective.
Stephen Elop said there will be no Qt on WP7 because it would divide the developer community. WTF?

frankcyblogic.de

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...)

DenisKormalev

afaik it is built on WinCE (not sure what version)

ludde

Windows Phone 7 is built on Windows CE 7.0 (or Windows Embedded Compact 7, as it seems to be called by Microsoft now).

aureshinite

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

hfrmobile

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 ...

dialingo

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.
Peace

trusktr

Qt for WP7 would be freackin' nice.

hfrmobile

I doubt that Qt will ever be available for WP7 ;-)

... but maybe for WP8 since the WP8 platform allows native code development.

john_god

Does it really matter to have a Qt port to Windows Phone 8 :) ?

JKSH

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

trusktr

@JKSH I think Windows Phone is here to stay, so Qt on Windows Phone will be nice.