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Nokia Buys Trolltech

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the what-bubble dept.

egil writes "Trolltech announced this morning (CET) that they have accepted a bid from Nokia to buy the entire company. The bid was for 16 NOK per share, which values the company at an equivalent of approximately 150 million USD. The stock currently trades at 15.70 on the Oslo stack exchange, up from around 10 on Friday. The offer has already been accepted by the Trolltech BOD."

4 of 311 comments (clear)

  1. Lovely by david@ecsd.com · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now, I suppose, when KDE boots up it's going to play that annoying, "bee de do deh, bee de do deh, bee de do doo dah."

    Can't wait.

  2. Damn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Damn Nokia feeding the trolls.

  3. Re:So what happens to Maemo by mwvdlee · · Score: 4, Funny

    And how will Nokia's competitors that currently use Qt for their mobile products take this?


    "Up the ass", I guess.
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  4. Re:Just prooves - your data is worth more ... by Genom · · Score: 5, Funny

    TrollTech: $150 million
    MySQL: 1 BILLION!

    GTK: ?

    Priceless. There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's...aww heck, you know.