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Originally Posted by uTMY View Post
@Lumiaman

Nokia announced in SEPT 2010 the appointment of an ex MICROSOFT director to CEO.

Instead of the internal one who supported QT, Symbian, Maemo/Meego etc.

DEC 2010 mainstream companies deploying Symbian announce they will stop supporting it!

Hmmm .... coincidence?

Are you really saying that the strategists from some of the best tech industries on the planet wouldn't be able to spot what was coming next?

They didn't jump ship because Symbian was dying, they jumped ship becuase the 8th largest shareholder from Microsoft was appointed to Nokia CEO and it was obvious he was always going to choose the Windows platform.

rgds
Samsung made announcements to abandon Symbian almost a year before Elop was appointed, November in 2009, and you can bet that this announcement was in planning for several years, i.e., ever since iphone and android came out. If you think that somehow the search for new CEO at NOKIA made them make this decision, you are likely very wrong.

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/20...martphone-os/1


They knew it was a dying platform and clearly did the best by ditching the dinosaur early and looking for alternatives. Samsung ultimately jumped on Android bandwagon, while Symbian apologists within NOKIA made them hold on for much longer......unfortunately for NOKIA