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June 22 2011

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As I explained Elop, if we wanted to ship 10 devices with OMAP 3 (the same platform of the Nokia N9) today, there is absolutely no problem from the software point of view: all the UI software remains the same, and the hardware adaptation would probably require few modifications, if any.

The problem is when porting to an entirely new hardware platform, say Snapdragon. Suppose only 3 devices are planned on the “years immediately ahead”, well, then it makes sense to have 3 different hardware platforms, and each one of those requires work from the hardware adaptation team, not from the upper layers, though. However, that’s not a technical limitation, it could very well be 30 devices instead of 3, it’s basically the same amount of work for us. IOW; what matters is the hardware platform, not the number of different devices.

Note: all these are merely examples, not actual plans

Funnily enough, Windows Phone only supports one hardware platform: Snapdragon (and in fact only certain chips). So MeeGo already has an advantage over Windows Phone; you could ship more devices on more hardware platforms. All we need is the word.
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— My disagreement with Elop on MeeGo « Felipe Contreras

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February 15 2011

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Microsoft’s new “strategic partnership [27] [1]” with Nokia is not its first. For a decade the software company has courted and consummated relationships with a variety of companies in mobile and telecom. Here are the ones I can remember:

LG [28] [2]. In February 2009 Microsoft Corp. signed a multiyear agreement for Windows Mobile to be included on devices from LG Electronics Inc. LG would use Windows Mobile as its “primary platform” for smartphones and produce about 50 models running the software.

What happened? LG made a few Windows Mobile devices but with WinMo uncompetitive, they abandoned the platform and moved to Android losing years of market presence and all their profits.

Motorola [29] [3]. In September 2003, Motorola and Microsoft announced an alliance. “Starting with the introduction of the new Motorola MPx200 mobile phone with Microsoft Windows Mobile software, the companies will collaborate on a series of Smartphone and Pocket PC wireless devices designed to create a virtual “remote control” for the Web-centric, work-centric, always-on-the-go mobile professional.” In addition, the alliance includes cooperation on joint marketing and wireless developer programs.

What happened? Motorola launched a series of Windows Mobile phones culminating in the Motorola Q “Blackberry killer”. As Motorola hit the rocks in profitability new management reached for the Android liferaft. The company now relies exclusively on the Droid franchise.
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http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2011/feb11/02-11partnership.mspx
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aZn3LEqDPxV8
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/sep03/09-15motorolampxpr.mspx
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— In memoriam: Microsoft’s previous strategic mobile partners | asymco [1]

http://www.asymco.com/2011/02/11/in-memoriam-microsofts-previous-strategic-mobile-partners/

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Es war einmal ein Unternehmen, das war für viele Jahre lang Marktführer, weil es konsequent bahnbrechende neue Hardware konzipierte, eigene Software entwickelte und einige sehr wichtige Open Source Software-Projekte initiierte oder an ihnen mitarbeitete.
Als das Unternehmen in wirtschaftliche Schwierigkeiten kam, begann man seine Aktivitäten zurück zu fahren, die Open Source Sachen über Bord zu werfen und gab eine strategische Partnerschaft mit Microsoft [3] [1] bekannt, bei der man auf Windows setzte. Das hat den Niedergang des Unternehmens in den kommenden Jahren besiegelt. Der verantwortliche Manager ging dann später zu Microsoft [4] [2].
Hörst Du, Nokia [5] [3]?
Außerdem die bange Frage: Was bedeutet Nokias Selbstmord für KDE? [4]

http://www.macwelt.de/artikel/_News/304799/silicon_graphics_setzt_auf_windows_nt/1
http://www.zdnet.de/news/wirtschaft_unternehmen_business_wsj_sgi_chef_geht_zu_microsoft_story-39001020-2048599-1.htm
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Nokia-tut-sich-mit-Microsoft-zusammen-1187890.html
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Kein-Qt-fuer-Nokias-Windows-Telefone-1188242.html
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