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Original BeOS Developer Now at Trolltech

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the shakeups-and-new-blood dept.

UltimaGuy writes "Benoit Schillings, co-creator of the Be operating system and former CTO of Openwave, has been appointed to the newly created position of chief technology officer (CTO) at Trolltech. In the meantime, Trolltech has also joined the new mobile OSDL initiative."

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  1. Issues With Trolltech Lower Excitement by gbulmash · · Score: 5, Informative
    Unless you're doing pure open source GPL'ed programming, entry level for a version of QT you can use for commercial code is nearly $1800. You can't even use the free version to get your sea legs under you, because the license does not allow you to use code you wrote with the free version in the paid versions.

    Microsoft, Borland, etc. usually have an entry level version of most of their programming products (with which you can still write proprietary code) that is less than my car payment. Entry level on QT is more than my mortgage.

    Yes, they support open source, but unless you're an open source coder or a well-funded enterprise coder, they basically tell you to F off. I don't like that and it detracts from any excitement I could have about these announcements.

    - Greg

    --
    Start a happiness pandemic
  2. Dear Trolltech by porksoda · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was just wondering if it's at all possible for you guys to change your name from Trolltech to something less pleasant sounding. No, wait.... Not possible.
    Maybe.. Goatsetech?
    I dunno.
    But fire the guy who came up with that name, anyway.

    Sincerely,
    Common Sense

  3. Re:Trolltech.. by StonedRat · · Score: 5, Informative
    I think the troll in trolltech refers to :
    A supernatural creature of Scandinavian folklore, variously portrayed as a friendly or mischievous dwarf or as a giant, that lives in caves, in the hills, or under bridges.

    as aposed to people who troll for arguments which is
    To trail (a baited line) in fishing.
    --
    "Religion is the most malevolent of all mind viruses." - Arthur C. Clarke.
  4. Re:Trolltech.. by ToasterofDOOM · · Score: 5, Funny
    A supernatural creature of Scandinavian folklore, variously portrayed as a friendly or mischievous dwarf or as a giant, that lives in caves, in the hills, or under bridges.

    I get it! So a troll is either good or bad, and either big or small. Thanks, that clears a lot up.
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    I am Spartacus
  5. Re:A question on dual licensing by xfmr_expert · · Score: 5, Informative

    For you contribution to be accepted, you must assign copyright to Trolltech, allowing them to release your contributions under whatever license they choose. If you don't, they don't incorporate it. No skin off their back.

  6. Re:What was BeOS really like? by dlockamy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Hmm, where to start?

    As far as soft real time? Back in the day I ran Be on a P2 350 2xx Megs ram. I could easily play 10-20 mp3s at one time with all playing smoothly while I ran several other programs. Sure there was no reason to do that, but it looked cool. Same goes for video. I remember the cool thing at one time was to play 50 or so copies of the Phantom Menace trailor.
    You really could run the full system to 100% and still have damn good GUI responce. There's still no system (that I've found) that runs as smooth as Be did in 1998.

    The great thing about programming was that the threading was to embedded in the system that you didn't know you where even using it. Take some time to browse the BeBook. It was a great api.