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There was a Ollila intreview today in finnish Helsingin Sanomat.

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I just read the same comments, and this is exactly what I expected. Maybe now we can be a bit more calm about what's going to happen?

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Not sure if this as already been posted but just in case its not here the press conference, its stutters little for first couple minutes but after that its perfect.
Stephen ELOP new CEO of Nokia - Press Conference - 10th of Sept 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBjSVvrv1dA

BTW can anyone understand the question the guy asks at 26 minutes? he certainly confuses the Room

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Bernard : I use ovi share ! For me it's much better than flickr and facebook. I have more trust for european compagny than american compagny about my privacy.

Each time I take a photo with my phone, the photo is upload to ovi share to backup it.

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Dear Ossi,

I wasn't even addressing corporate governance in my post. I had made it to merely illustrate why the initial suspicions about a top MS executive taking over as Nokia CEO exist in the first place.

Where we come from and what we stand (or have stood) for does, however, say something about us.

That was the point I was making.

Of course I wasn't exactly pleased with your "linux idiots" or "wish tru3 un1x p3ople would have grown up" generalizations.

You see a few conspirary theorists and a few who slam the new guy from the get go. Just let these folks vent if that's what they want.

But you're not exactly unlike them by jumping into conclusions and making hostile generalizations. So really, just chill already. :p

Again, I merely made a few points why initial suspicions exist but I also ended my comment by saying that I'm giving him a chance to prove himself.

So, shoot me for not throwing myself at Mr Elop's feet already! :D


PS. I don't mind actually discussing corporate governance issues with you elsewhere if that's what you want, but wrt. Mr Elop it's still too early for me to draw any clear conclusions about his actual ambitions (for Nokia) or his management style.

Like most Nokia watchers, I'm welcoming changes at the top, but my expectations are tempered by Elop's past involvement in highly proprietary sections of the tech industry.

I suppose we'll find out soon enough.

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That would be brilliant sequal to his "If you live in Finland, you’ll stab yourself in the head" clip from from last month.

Stephen Colbert breaks down the world’s greatest country…Finland!

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and what does Elop's career tell about him? If his job has previously been listening the board of directors and make things happend, does it make him evil propietary only -guy? Not everyone gets to choose the perfect working place for himself, especially one that projects all the personal values of employer...

and I stop using words like "linux idiot" etc as soon as people stop acting like ones here....

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Hah... that's funny! I hadn't seen (or maybe I just don't remember seeing) that clip before. :) The guy's a genius.

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Maybe Elop will be good for Nokia, maybe not. He sounds like most generic executives - reasonably intelligent and very good at talking and answering questions while saying nothing and not giving answers.

But I'm not concerned with Nokia or how much money they make. I didn't buy a N900 because it was a Nokia. I bought it because it was the only thing that put an open Linux distro in my pocket on hardware that suited my needs (T-Mobile 3G, resistive screen, etc). Everything considered, it looks like I may be keeping the N900 for a long time.

IOW, I'm concerned only with MeeGo, because if at all possible my next phone will be running MeeGo. And I just can't see this guy Elop being a positive thing for MeeGo. MeeGo is all about being open. Everything Elop has ever done screams proprietary. Betcha if you asked him a month ago what he thinks of MeeGo he would've said it depends on where you're going.

At this point Nokia has no deep commitment to MeeGo they can't easily walk away from. Nothing MeeGo presently on the market. Only the pie-in-the-sky promise of something actually running Maemo 6/Harmattan but called MeeGo. As for Nokia's Qt strategy, well, it is cross-platform...so...can you say Qt and WinPhone 7 in the same sentence? Yes, yes you can.

Consider that Microsoft is nothing if not:
a. Loaded with cash.
b. Relentless and willing to spend to gain a goal.
c. Ruthless to the point of at least borderline evil.

Considering the above and that they now have one of their own at the top of power at Nokia, what do you think M$ would be willing to do to get WinPhone 7 as the OS on a worldwide market as huge as Nokia's? To deliver Windows gaming, Exchange, Office, Bing, cloud services, etc. etc. to that market?

And what is Nokia willing to do to make a major dent in the North American Market? Well, we know now at minimum giving the CEO job to a M$ lackey. Does it include WinPhone 7? Betcha it does...

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