I had this article in mind for some time, but finally, after we headed back home from the Embedded World trade show , I thought it had to be written. For the strategy of my company, for my fellows, for Qt employees and users, and for myself. Just in case you don't know, Embedded World is probably the biggest show around embedded development , and although embedded is not the only area that Qt supports, this show gathers Qt users, Qt competitors, and companies just like mine that use Qt to deliver projects.

My company, Somco Software, also had a booth there, and I had dozens of conversations about this very topic: the future of the Qt framework and all the things around influencing this future. As a proud representative of the Polish nation, I have complaining in my blood, but the number of negative comments and doubts raised about Qt were almost overwhelming.…