Maybe he just likes new challenges? Nothing wrong with that. Sometimes better than somebody who stays 30 years at the same company.

Agree, nokia is a very sympathetic company, much more than apple/google/microsoft etc. You don't know the new guy though.

Yes it is, the North American Continent, along with Mexico, do you call Mexicans Americans?

As for the biggest difference between Americans and Canadians is that he's used to a socialized government with public run health care and very cold winters, and hockey loving people, just like Finland.

Yes, could you tell if Canada has been made a proper US state already, or is it still a territory? I'm kinda hazy on this subject...

So how about all those Canadian hockey players who work in Nashville Predators, for example. Are they american?

I've been living in Canada, and they have a strange love and hate relationship between US. But one thing is sure, they definitely are not Americans, if you ask them.

About the relationship between Nokia and Microsoft, I think this is going to change (mostly) nothing. Elop works for Nokia now.

Ask the British. They still have a stake in Canada; even still get money from them for the British royalty.

If you want to see/hear how he talks about tech topics, here's a not too old video I found: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHKMUHvb2iE

Yes, and Queen Elisabeth still visits Canada every now and then. Australia too. And why not, both countries have some good breweries.

Facts are that Nokia has been doing badly since OPK became CEO and you could say that it was Ollila who left the OS mess for Kallasvuo and Kallasvuo did the right thing by buying Symbian and turning it to open source. Plus of course lifting Maemo/MeeGo to smartphones and buying trolltech.... and i would agree in many cases.
Still there's things like sticking in a old hw platform for way too long like Anssi Vanjoki admitted year after N97 release, software and hardware delays and putting too much effort to services.

Services are all right and good, but you need some eye catching hw and get your word out. With some hit high ends they could have gotten more organic growth for the services rather than the tries to lift the service time after time with some mid tier hardware with no real following and not enough of early adopters to get the thing going.


So i welcome this guy as he just might be the the right guy to put the software right and make them appear in time. My favorit would have been Vanjoki isnide Nokia, but maybe it's for the better to get outsider.

You know... you seriously might be onto something there. They do have better breweries than America indeed.

Okay, many new possibilities...

Positive and negative:

• Will he realize the chances of N900 like devices?

• Will he integrate symbian emulation at meego and discontinue Symbian as a operating system?

• Will he support his old employer and give us Windows instead of Meego in the future?

• Or will he annoy his former employer and Microsoft will begin a war against Nokia? (Will Steve Ballmer Buy RIM Now Just To Destroy Nokia?)