I worked at Nokia at the time this all went down. It's true to say that Nokia was in difficulty and initially laughed at the iPhone when it was first released.

I worked at Nokia at the time this all went down. It's true to say that Nokia was in difficulty and initially laughed at the iPhone when it was first released. Elop may have had the right idea but how that idea was delivered should be a lession in how not to do things. I remember the Burning Platform memo appearing on the intranet homepage. Instantly thousands of people stopped caring. They just hung around waiting for Voluntary Redundancy offers. Truths were told, it got very dirty.