Oh my...you are as thick as raging Tomi....

And you are as thick as Ballmer. Seriously dude, WP hasn't done any company associated with it, Microsoft included, any favors.

Microsoft is not the only player here. Tomi is a raging loser and not very objective. It's like reading evangelists telling u that their god is the only god.

Tomi is a non-factor. He can be angry in his little corner as much as he seemingly likes to be stuck in the past talking about what could have been.

What I'm talking to you about, very clearly I might add, is that the present and future of WP is rather slow to build. 300% growth in sales, yet they're still a minor bit player in most markets. WP just isn't selling like... well, a lot of other devices out there.

WP is not selling well clearly yet. Will they in the future ? I don't know. They do have cash and ecosystem....

No. They will not sell well. They've had 7.0, 7.5 and now 8.0 to get people onboard.

It just ain't happening. Ecosystem can't pull it out no matter how many times Elop or you say it.

Ok Tomi!!! Nostradamus of the cell phone world

The unseen is discovered, hidden for such a long time,
Verily on the fourth attempt of the Elop reign,
He will, Pasteur, as a demi-God be honored;
But through other's slanders, he will be dishonored.

- gerbstrodamus

Ask Elop if he is confident in the next few quarters for Lumia series to sell as much as what Symbian was selling one/two quarters before he killed it and even he would not be able to guarantee it... Symbian at peak was selling >25million devices per quarter; for Elop even 10 million would be a cause to party his a*s off ...

Oh and before you give me the stupid taliban line remember to check the profit margin of Lumia series and Symbian phones... No prizes for guessing Symbian was giving >15% margin while Lumia is struggling to give 1/3 of that...

Funny thing is, Tomi is very often right with his predictions - he also backs up what he says with empirical evidence . Now, let's look at your predictions Lumiaman

first you went from saying WP7.5 will be a success
then you said it will take WP8 for the strategy to be a success
and now you're saying that it may or may not work

NICE WORK!!!! A++