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Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
Unbelieveable.

I seem to be typing coherently, yet the responses appear to ignore what I say.

Ok, let's troubleshoot: does everyone see US English in my posts?
I don't think that people are ignoring you (or the context). It the perception that this as a desire by Nokia to slow down that progress towards OSS nirvana so that the OSS community can meet Nokia half-way so that the existing industry doesn't have to change. That is unpalatable to some (most?) OSS advocates and you can expect them to pull that old-and-comfy-business-model-donkey forward fairly forcefully using whatever tools they have at their disposal (rants, threats to buy elsewhere, etc.). I think the following quote is applicable here:

Originally Posted by George Bernard Shaw
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
Nokia's customers have both a carrot and a stick but the only forewarning of a bad decision is the stick (rants) whereas Nokia doesn't get the carrot (people's money and kudos) until it is far too late to do anything about it. So it is in Nokia's best interests to listen to those "unreasonable" people.

If Nokia had less inertia, they wouldn't have to pull so hard. I think it is understood that they are a big company and with that comes a lack of agility. However, that is no excuse to pull them less. It is a reason to pull *harder*.
 

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