Is there a relation between Qt and Quick Time?

[CuCullin]

Not even with initials, really Trolltech's toolkit is Qt, while QuickTime's initials are QT

[yop]

Only that they appear mixed in a google search

[Mariane]

OK So, what does Qt mean?

Mariane

[yop]

No that's a thing that I always liked. Q looked nice on the font the one of the Qt creators used and t came fom Xt. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qt_%28toolkit%29

[wysota]

And maybe also the fact, that Trolltech was originally named Quasar Technologies (hence the 'Q' in Qt). But it could be they named the company after the toolkit (Qt was then called Quasar toolkit) and not the opposite.

[yop]

And maybe also the fact, that Trolltech was originally named Quasar Technologies (hence the 'Q' in Qt). But it could be they named the company after the toolkit (Qt was then called Quasar toolkit) and not the opposite.

I like the "beautiful Q" version of the story better

[wysota]

I like the "beautiful Q" version of the story better

One does not deny the other. Where do you think "Q" in "Quasar" came from?

[Mariane]

It's pronounced like cutie, isn't it?

Mariane

[CuCullin]

just "cute", not "cutie"

[katrina]

just "cute", not "cutie"

Really? I have always said it as two letters. (kyoo tee)
but then I tend to stay away from adding (or removing) sounds into(from) initialisms to turn them into words (eg, I say "ess kyoo el" insted of "sequal"; "key dee ee" instead of "kuhdeh") (sorry couldn't help throwing a fake one in)

Katrina

[jacek]

I say "ess kyoo el" insted of "sequal"

People tend to pronounce "SQL" wrongly as "sequel", because in ancient times there was another language, a SQL precursor, called Structured English Query Language --- SEQUEL in short. One of the sources of this error is M$. I heard its employees talking about "sequel server". How one could trust such "experts" if they don't know what they are talking about?

[wysota]

Maybe their SQL servers are really SEQUEL ones?

[Chicken Blood Machine]

People tend to pronounce "SQL" wrongly as "sequel", because in ancient times there was another language, a SQL precursor, called Structured English Query Language --- SEQUEL in short. One of the sources of this error is M$. I heard its employees talking about "sequel server". How one could trust such "experts" if they don't know what they are talking about?

Haha. Yes, they must be real MORONS using such a colloqialism! Trust me, many DB experts, MS and otherwise use the pronunciation 'sequel'. It's just quicker and more natural to say. And everyone knows what you mean, historically correct or not.