Thread: Another proof Elop is a trojan horse
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TheLongshot is offline TheLongshot
2011-07-08 , 17:22
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Originally Posted by patlak View Post
Nokia has the ecosystem, or shall I say had it:

MeeGo + Symbian + s40 + Qt + Ovi Services (store, maps, mail, etc)

Nokia's base is much higher than Microsoft's. Plus they already have two market disrupting devices that can be launched, N9 and N950 (WP7 is not ready nor disruptive, it's a common failure among Android, iOS, Symbian, MeeGo). What the hell happened with the management in Nokia?
The problem is is that it took too long for all of that to come together. Personally, I blame it on Symbian ruling the roost for too long and not being flexible to change. By the time they realized that they needed to, it was almost too late.

That being said, Elop's reaction was too far the other direction. Yes, Symbian probably needed to be taken down a rung or two, but Elop's reaction was to take it out to the back and put one in the head. Given that it is most of Nokia's business right now (and probably will remain so even when Nokia releases a Windows Phone), it was plain stupid.
 

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