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Nokia knew they where about to get eaten by iPhone and Android phones, so they made a exit plan and sold to Microsoft. Microsoft didn't like open source so they
by z3t4 6y ago
Nokia knew they where about to get eaten by iPhone and Android phones, so they made a exit plan and sold to Microsoft. Microsoft didn't like open source so they replaced the OS with their proprietary Windows OS - one OS/platform on all devices (phone,tablet,desktop) was a novel idea, windows 8 was great on phones and tablets, but everyone hated the UI on desktop.
- whereistimbo 6y agoI wonder why Nokia didn't go to Android route. It's like it still want to have a platform where it is seen as king and not as another commodity player. Or maybe Nokia was just having a pet peeve with Google.
- mavhc 6y agoNokia was a hardware company, they didn't value software. They'd design a phone, and then pick an OS to run on it at the last minute.