Thread: why doesn't maemo get traction in the market
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attila77 is offline attila77
2009-10-23 , 16:55
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#55
Originally Posted by DaveP1 View Post
Of course they do. That's why Nokia has an app store. Applications are products.
That is ONE business model. It is not the ONLY business model.

If I need to sync with Outlook, I want a product that does that and does it reliably. I don't care if it's from Microsoft or Nokia or Joe the Developer. I don't care what it's written in. I don't care if it's open source, freeware, shareware, or commercial [with many unlimited plans running over $1000 per year, a few bucks for applications is minor]. I just want it to work.
Now tell me, in this context, why would I care if that application came from an appstore ? Why would I care about what the developers business model is ?

Right now, today, if you want to make money off your product and Maemo and Symbian are your only choices you should ignore Maemo and focus on Symbian.
You're not listening. By developing in Qt you get both. Actively making your application incompatible with other platforms is foolish at best.