kowenicki said:
He has overseen the transition of their smartphones from a platform that would have vanished by now (symbian) to windows... a platform that (whatever you will now say) has the potential to grow significantly. Without this change Nokia would be all but dead already, becoming just another android platform was not an option. He also put the non smartphone business on a sound footing with the recent siemens deal. There is no gain without pain in this kind of situation. Look at Sony, they are doing simialr radical things, not tweaking around the edges. You are making easy, cheap shot, throwaway comments with absolutely no knowledge of the subject. |
^this is spot on. Nokia were in very deep trouble before elop took over, they either had to try and outdo samsung in the android space with no support which would have been all but impossible or transition to windows with MS support, they took the only option that gave them a viable path away from the grave. Nokia has declined considerably, but that is a result of rebuilding that had to happen or they would have simply died instead.
