Trolltech

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Trolltech
Type
Founded 1994
Founder Eirik Chambe-Eng
Haavard Nord
Headquarters Oslo, Norway
Products Qt, Qtopia, Greenphone
Revenue 174,104,000 Norwegian krone (2006)[1]
Net income (46,526,000) krone (2006)[1]

Trolltech (formerly known as Quasar Technologies[2]) is a computer software company from Oslo, Norway. They provide software development platforms and frameworks, as well as expert consulting services. Their flagship product is Qt, a multi-platform C++ Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) framework which also includes packages such as data structures and a networking library. The popular free Unix desktop environment KDE uses Trolltech's Qt library. Trolltech also employs several KDE developers. Trolltech was founded by Eirik Chambe-Eng and Haavard Nord in 1994. They started writing Qt in 1991, and since then Qt has steadily expanded and improved.

In 2001 Trolltech introduced Qtopia which is based on Qt. Qtopia is an application platform for Linux-based devices such as mobile phones, portable media players and home media. It is also used in many non-consumer products such as medical instruments and industrial devices. Qtopia Phone Edition was released in 2004, and their Greenphone smartphone is based on this platform.

Trolltech completed an initial public offering (IPO) on the Oslo Stock Exchange in July, 2006.

On January 28, 2008, Nokia announced that they have entered into an agreement that Nokia will make a public voluntary tender offer to acquire Trolltech[3]. The total cost for Nokia is approximately € 104 million[4]. Trolltech has since accepted this offer[5].

[edit] See also

  • The Greenphone, a mobile phone developed by Trolltech that uses mostly free and open source software
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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Trolltech Quarterly Report: 4th Quarter 2006. Trolltech. Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
  2. ^ Trolltech turns 10! — Trolltech
  3. ^ Nokia to acquire Trolltech to accelerate software strategy (2008-01-28). Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
  4. ^ Nokia ostaa norjalaisen ohjelmistoyrityksen (fi) (2008-01-28). Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
  5. ^ Nokia to acquire Trolltech to accelerate software strategy (en) (2008-01-28). Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
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