Thread: Let's talk Nokia stock!
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2012-05-17 , 11:46
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Originally Posted by danramos View Post
You heard it from Lumiaman! Open up all that source code you aren't keeping close to the vest, Nokia! You're NOT a software company! Stop with all that softwaring and give it to the community!



To continue the theme of beating a dead horse, the best and most relevant thing said in the article:
"So today Microsoft, after dumping Zune, dumping its tablet, dumping Windows CE and other mobile products, is still the same company Mr. Ballmer took control over a decade ago. Microsoft is PC company, nothing more, as demand for PCs shifts to mobile. Years late to market, he has bet the company on Windows 8 – as well as the future of Dell, HP, Nokia and others. An insane bet for any CEO – and one that would have been avoided entirely had the Microsoft Board replaced Mr. Ballmer years ago with a CEO that understands the fast pace of technology shifts and would have kept Microsoft current with market trends."
Well said, Adam Hartung. Well said.
He is just stating the obvious by scratching the surface, he is not telling anything, it is just a rant. The PC business is still a lucrative business for MS. Just because a new industry emerges doesn't mean the "old" industry is not lucrative anymore. When "everyone else" jumps on the mobile bandwagon, this means that MS's position within PC is strengthen even further.

What should frighten Ballmer, is that the mobile industry starts eating into the PC industry. What is the best strategy fighting that? Throw away everything and go mobile, or try to strengthen your existing technology and grip on the market?

If the soon to come future is a world where a phone has all the computing power you need, then MS is in trouble. But what is the chances of this kind of future? In the future we will see more computers, not less. Just because a phone can do most of the things you need today, doesn't mean that a more powerful device can do much more, and do things that are impossible today.

Personally I think that mobile devices will take over most of the everyday needs. This has more or less happened already. But gaming for instance. This requires a big screen, a huge sound system, input devices etc etc.

I think Android will take over for MS. They will take over the traditional PC. They will do this, not because they are good in mobile devices, but because they will make better PC solutions than MS could ever do. Deep down I think Ballmer knows this, and I think he knows that there is nothing MS can do to prevent it. They can give them a good fight, that's all.