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And this will likely be RIM in 12 months, but without a benefactor (for at least the smartphone business) in the wings. I still think that going Windows Phone
by filmgirlcw 14y ago
And this will likely be RIM in 12 months, but without a benefactor (for at least the smartphone business) in the wings.
I still think that going Windows Phone was Nokia's best option -- even though it was a risk. The problem is just that the ship turned too late. It hit the berg anyway.
- sounds 14y agoWhen RMS Titanic turned, too late to avoid the iceberg, the glancing collision breached 5 of 16 watertight compartments, and she could only survive at most 4 flooded compartments. Some speculate if she had reversed her engines and only struck the iceberg head-on, she would have remained afloat, though crippled. I don't know that Nokia could have executed such a "head-on" for their crises, though the "burning platform" memo is regarded as a mistake by many. Would you take your analogy that far - Nokia could have faced the problem head-on?
- sesqu 14y agoNokia did have a head-on crash strategy in following up Symbian^3 with MeeGo. I wasn't involved in that space, but it looked potentially survivable to me, especially as a means to steal away developers from Android.