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Rauha is offline Rauha
2011-04-27 , 13:02
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Leaked memo on The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04...kia_cuts_memo/


"The long-term successor to Symbian Meego also faces an early death. Nokia now tells staff that the majority of MeeGo activities are planned to be discontinued by the end of June 2012, adding: "The Windows Phone organization has started to ramp up its operations and a large part of that organization will be in place by the end of 2011, and Nokia aims to retain as many people as possible from other areas, such as the Symbian and MeeGo organizations.

"There will also be opportunities within the Meltemi organization, for personnel working within the MeeGo teams."



Originally Posted by OVK View Post
I spoke to a couple of really frustrated Nokia employees. It seems that they are not going to get fired at the moment, not even that they are working with MeeGo development.

However, their sentiment was that they actually hope that whole Nokia gets destroyed because of the WP7 strategy, even if it eventually would cost their own jobs. They feel that they never really got a change to prove what they can do.
I spoke today with a Nokian who's job is on the line for the 5th time in last two years. He didn't really seem to care that much if he finally loses it on the fifth go.

Originally Posted by OVK View Post
They hope that MeeGo succeeds in the hand of some other manufacturer.
Ditto.
 

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