Jeez, how old do you think the iPhone is? The real threat to Nokia started in 2007 with the introduction of the 3G. They, like Blackberry, couldn't see the iPh

Jeez, how old do you think the iPhone is? The real threat to Nokia started in 2007 with the introduction of the 3G. They, like Blackberry, couldn't see the iPhones brilliance, BUT Nokia had other non-smartphone divisions that were producing cash. I'd argue that pre-Elop, Nokia was on life support but stable. The burning platform memo was the iceberg and you can see the wreckage. Consider this: Nokia is getting whomped in the Smartphone division because they keep making phones that US consumers never get. You've still got this cash cow of a feature phone business and one day you say "screw it, let's change operating systems". If you don't publish that goddamn memo, the cash flows continue and you're still roughly stable while you figure your shit out. If you publish the memo, even the feature phones stop selling. Pre-Elop Nokia was bad. Post-Burning Platform Nokia is dead. Scrapping Symbian was necessary, but Nokia would hardly be the first company to transition operating systems (most of them don't burn their operating systems before the new one is almost ready). No, IMHO, Elop killed Nokia with a memo. I understand but disagree with your point.