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2011-02-11 , 23:44
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Originally Posted by alcalde View Post
Bzzzt. 95% of cell phone buyers have no clue what a Debian apt repository is. They want an "app store". They probably don't even know what "app" is short for, but that's what they want.
Ubuntu Software Center. That is all. The idea of a unified source for software applications predates Apple's Gestapo like implementation by years. Who cares what the name is. Google and Android didn't invent anything, they just re-branded it.


Originally Posted by alcalde View Post
they made the only choice they could make in the situation they were in. They'd proven they did not have the ability to develop a new OS and the entire eco-system around it from scratch. They found a partner who could help.
Sigh...
1. Nokia had more than one choice. They made a poor one by my estimation.
2. They weren't developing any new OS from scratch.
3. They weren't alone in development.
4. They were assembling an ecosystem from pre-existing components. I'm pretty confident that Qt is a superior ecosystem. Universal deployability FTW.

If you really think that Elop has struck gold with WP7, fine. Let's wait a few years and see where Mr Elop works. It either won't be Nokia, or it will be a Nokia that is owned by M$.
 

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