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Didn’t Canonical try to do something like this?
by bashinator 6y ago
Didn’t Canonical try to do something like this?
- nitrogen 6y agoIt sounds a lot like Nokia's Maemo, which was doomed by a lack of investment, subsequent renaming to ugly-sounding names, and bouncing back and forth between orgs after Microsoft's agent provocateur sabotaged Nokia's phone division.
- pjmlp 6y agoCorrection, Nokia board did that to themselves after hiring Elop and having a contract that would give him a nice bonus if he managed to do what he naturally end up doing. As much as FOSS crowd loves to hate Microsoft, better get the facts right. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/stephen-elop-to-get-25-5m-for-selling-nokia-to-microsoft-1.1867972 https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/stephen-elop-to-get-25-5m-f...