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Originally Posted by ericsson View Post
Nokia got one problem. That problem is software engineering. They lack skilled people and they lack experience. The whole Maemo project have been one huge sand-box experience for Nokia. They had to do it simply to gain experience andknowledge. They are starting to improve now with Symbian3 and 4 and MeeGo. They are still behind Apple and Google, but will catch up very fast now.

The Qt strategy is one part of this, and shows they are on the right track. But things like this take time.

Apple pies and cute warm hearted CEOs means nothing. When the engineers lack the skills, there is only one thing to do: get that skill somehow. Nokia does it the right way, from the ground within the organisation. They will succeed.
I don't agree with this. I think Nokia's software engineers are as good as anyone else. Maemo was a sandbox. Name another company in 2006/2007 that was putting Linux on a phone sized devices (770) - it was ground breaking. The misstep was Nokia should have accelerated the program. Instead it stayed in the sandbox. The N800 was a great devices which now mirrors some of the larger phones that are out now, but did it 2 years ago (screen size, resolution). Then they blundered again when there was no follow-up to the N810 prior to the N900.

My only hope is Nokia is on the edge with the N9 versus matching the competition.
 

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