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I don't think it is tht simple. Nothing that was announced mentioned exclusivity either to MSFT or NOK. This means that they are open to walk away in GOOG's arm
by barista 16y ago
I don't think it is tht simple. Nothing that was announced mentioned exclusivity either to MSFT or NOK. This means that they are open to walk away in GOOG's arms if this thing does not work out for them.
Though the events make it seems like so. I think that's just a conspiracy theory.
- joe_the_user 16y agoI think there's a lot of frustration venting. I'm frustrated. Nokia's move leaves a lot of open source initiatives dangling as well as a lot of jobs lost. Maybe it's a harsh but necessary act to save the company or some part of it. But maybe it's just a harsh and foolish act which will cause in harm both the long and short term harm to all involved. I have to admit that I can't say for certain which it will be in the end. But I can understand how all those who fear being hurt by it would have a tendency to believe the later choice.
- michaelbuckbee 16y agoWould the jobs and open source projects be in a better place if Android was chosen instead?
- spudlyo 16y agoPerhaps. If Android was chosen Nokia could put many of their displaced Symbian developers to work on a Nokia application ecosystem and services platform. This would allow them to use Android without having to pay Google.
- michaelbuckbee 16y agoIt's my understanding that the payments to Google are for access to their built-in apps and services (without which an Android phone seems like something less).
- barista 16y agoExactly. All the pulic traded companies have one and only one goal. To maximize shareholder value or in short to make money. The open source tools, open standards are all just tools they use to get to the goal and earn some goodwill that they can use to make money.