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Originally Posted by afv011
Considering that other manufacturers are dumping the platform, Nokia are effectively owing the platform, a burning one at that.
They also had Maemo and Meego, it was a long shot, yes, but they did not have to go with Android, but going with Android would have given them the best chance at survival. As said, their hardware's always been good, and Android is well established, so you have a large population to tap into. Nobody's saying it would be easy, but then again, going with Microsoft hasn't turned out to be the bed or roses Elop hinted it'd be, has it? When you have to sell the company, I hardly call that "stabilized".
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Again, WP is steadily growing in sales and market share. They have displaced Blackberry as the #3 OS and it is predicted that by 2015 or 16 they will be #2. That's hardly a "burning" platform.
HTC, Motorola, and Sony are all failing with Android despite some excellent hardware. Even Samsung is about to release Tizen, which they hope will be in all their smart devices at some point.
You complain that making deals with Microsoft is a deathwish. There may be some truth to that, but one can find similar examples with Google. There are also companies thriving after Microsoft takeovers even as they lose their original identities. After Microsoft bought a local business software company I had the same misgivings I'm sure much of Finland has right now. But 13 years later they are larger and more stable than ever and have been a great asset to the community.