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2011-11-16 , 19:06
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Originally Posted by petrelli View Post
Well, if windows was open source, now nobody would doubt that the change from Meego to Windows has been a GREAT thing. Suddenly Nokia is competing now at the same level as Android's and Apple, with only half of a year. Great. A huge success.
Windoze Phone market share in Q3 2011 was 1.5%, down from 2.7% in Q3 2010. Android market share in Q3 2011 was 52.5%, up from 25.3% in Q3 2010. Hardly 'the same level'.

Originally Posted by petrelli View Post
I am afraid that the decision was to live or to die. The future of a Nokia linked with Meego, alone, with no ecosystem, and everybody here complaining of why the world is not looking at this direction since the N9 is so cool, is simply sad.
The word 'ecosystem' in this context is a euphemism for locking in consumers by taking advantage of (and often forcing) network externalities. This is what MS managed to do in the desktop OS market. Your boss uses Windoze, so you must use Windoze. Smartphone manufacturers are now starting to use the same tactics in the mobile sphere, and sadly it appears to be working.
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