Thread: N9 [Shipping]: It's finally here [for some]!
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2011-08-01 , 09:28
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Originally Posted by danramos View Post
Stephen Elop says Nokia will leave MeeGo even if N9 turns out to be a hit

So much for conspiracy. Makes buying an N9 for the purpose of "proving Elop wrong" pretty fruitless, doesn't it? Even worse, people expecting some sort of support after all these actions. Elop is either lying to them about support, or he's clinically stupid. Possibly both.
Why would they?

They didn't ditch Meego as their lead platform because they thought no one would like it, they ditched it because they did not think they could grow MeeGo fast enough to have a shot at becoming the third big ecosystem.

So no, if Meego sells very well thank you very much they won't immediately tear up their long-term strategic plan and recreate a Meego platform division.

Expecting that would be daft!

Harmattan/linux will remain a project rather than a platform, with infrequent releases to test new ideas, but whether that dissociates itself with Meego is another matter, but Quim is pretty clear that linux/QT has a future at nokia even if he didn't use the word "Meego".