Thread: Another proof Elop is a trojan horse
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ericsson is offline ericsson
2011-07-07 , 15:03
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Originally Posted by umo120 View Post
That's interesting because in case of Symbian/Maemo/Meego I keep hearing the exact opposite reasoning, and this is even in the face of N9, which proves it has not only undefined future potential.


Which brings us back to the main question. What exactly Nokia gets from this huge transfer to MS (and it's not only OviMaps) besides non-exclusive right (or obligation?) to purchase OS that no customer is actually buying, but it has potential experts say?
Why so paranoid? Google "gives away" an entire OS for "free", maps, mail and all kinds of online services. Nokia has for several years now worked on developing an OS (several in fact) that is open source and free. So suddenly letting MS use Ovi Maps is the end of the world as we know it? I mean, please - you are not thinking straight, not at all. The only value of Ovi Maps is people using it, more users means more money for Nokia. Ovi Maps is hell of a lot better than anything Google has managed to cook together, so WP using Ovi Maps is a net gain for both Nokia and MS, but mostly for Nokia.

Nokia and MS cannot be understood without understanding the concept of ecosystem.