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0 pointsCrinus6y ago0 comments

> Qt has the perfect business model for OSS.

Except for that part where their business model incentivizes them to bloat the library towards what is actually paying (car and smart fridge dashboard UIs) instead of what most people would want Qt to focus on (desktop widgets - see pretty much every thread whenever a Qt release or news is posted).

> And considering all the places where Qt is used, I would say they are very successful at it.

Since we're talking in the context of money instead of popularity, 1000000 projects using the LGPL version of Qt for free doesn't make Qt successful, it only makes it popular.

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quantummkv6y ago· 1 in thread

>Except for that part where their business model incentivizes them to bloat the library towards what is actually paying (car and smart fridge dashboard UIs)

That will happen to any project that takes any form of sponsorship money. People sponsoring will always want to prioritize their needs.

> instead of what most people would want Qt to focus on (desktop widgets - see pretty much every thread whenever a Qt release or news is posted).

KDE, with it's very successful suite of OSS, cross platform apps, Plasma Desktop and Plasma Mobile would like to disagree. You should remember that Qt is the only cross platform toolkit for desktops that is small, performant and actually works without compromises.

> Since we're talking in the context of money instead of popularity, 1000000 projects using the LGPL version of Qt for free doesn't make Qt successful, it only makes it popular.

Those 1000000 projects include Krita and Kdenlive, the successful and premiere apps in their categories that even give proprietary tools a run for their subscription money while being completely free and cross platform. KDE Plasma is the only fully featured independent DE that runs across Linux and BSD's.

Qt and it's business model is a success by all terms.

CrinusOP6y ago

> That will happen to any project that takes any form of sponsorship money. People sponsoring will always want to prioritize their needs.

Right, this is exactly what i wrote.

> KDE, with it's very successful suite of OSS, cross platform apps, Plasma Desktop and Plasma Mobile would like to disagree.

Disagree on what? They wouldn't like Qt developers to focus on desktop widgets?

Besides, KDE and its suite is only a small fraction of what Qt is used for. It acts as a nice cheerleader but Qt is used by a LOT more than just KDE.

> You should remember that Qt is the only cross platform toolkit for desktops that is small, performant and actually works without compromises.

That sounds like marketing buzzwords.

> Those 1000000 projects include Krita and Kdenlive, the successful and premiere apps in their categories that even give proprietary tools a run for their subscription money while being completely free and cross platform. KDE Plasma is the only fully featured independent DE that runs across Linux and BSD's.

How much of that money goes to Qt's developers? I mean, how do you go from what you wrote here to:

> Qt and it's business model is a success by all terms.

And last time i checked, the money Krita (i don't know about Kdenlive) gets is a pittance.

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