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A developer who had more than two decades of service in the Debian GNU/Linux project was stripped of his status in December leading to him deciding to leave the project.

Nokia has sold the commercial licensing business of its Qt mobile software development platform to Finnish software company Digia, claiming that professional services are not core business.

The tie-up between Microsoft and Nokia, which will see the Finnish mobile phone company switch to using Windows on its mobiles, will have "a very chilling effect on Microsoft's already dissatisfied partners", according to a senior analyst at the technology market intelligence firm, ABI Research.

If Nokia is to realise its stated goal of selling another 150 million Symbian based smartphones, and making a success of its MeeGo platform it will need the developer community to remain loyal to the Qt developer platform in the wake of its betting its future on Windows Mobile 7.

From an announcement of 2.3m app downloads a day to 3m and now 3.5m, Nokia shares the top 5 app downloads in Australia and some other relevant app stats!

Nokia is banking on the Qt application development framework to ensure a steady supply of future apps from developers for both the Symbian and MeeGo platforms, saying the decision "will ensure that applications will continue to be compatible with future evolutions of Symbian as well as upcoming MeeGo products.