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Im not sure why its better for Nokia to be under MS than working with MS. It seems to be a great move for MS if anything. That'd be fine if it wasn't a move
by zobzu 13y ago
Im not sure why its better for Nokia to be under MS than working with MS.
It seems to be a great move for MS if anything. That'd be fine if it wasn't a move that was planned by planting a CEO with a plan to decimate the company until MS could buy it. It might be legal but it's certainly not moral.
- gnaffle 13y agoActually I don't think that was intentional at all. Nokia failing so miserably with Windows Phone can't have been anyones plan. And if they had succeeded like expected, Nokia would still be worth too much for Microsoft to consider buying it.
- bad_user 13y agoExcept that everybody knew that switching to WinPhone is suicidal. Search for the announcements on HN and read the comments.
- gnaffle 13y agoAgreed, but I doubt that Nokia execs knew it (or some knew, but weren't in the majority). I think Nokias biggest mistake was to commit to WP 100%, at a time when they didn't even have handsets ready. The completely silly estimate of selling hundreds of millions of Symbian smartphones after that announcement just underscores that.
- anjc 13y agoReally? The way I remember it was that the Lumia 920 was hyped up massively online. If people didn't like WP8, they at least admitted that the camera looked amazing. The buzz seemed to die before it even launched though..