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Re:The Engineer-Driven culture at Nokia and its problems by sliverstorm on Saturday February 12, 2011 @01:26AM (#2209478)
Can you blame them? Have you truly never made a bitter jibe into your beer at someone who has surpassed you?
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Re:The Engineer-Driven culture at Nokia and its problems by greyman on Saturday February 12, 2011 @04:34AM (#2209716)
I am afraid they mean it. I think it's about the perception how the mobile phone should be like. Not everyone considers the iPhone+iOS to be the best concept. I personally know people who think that nokia dumbphones are the best mobiles, or that Win 6.5. is currently the best mobile OS, etc.

I don't believe that most of the Nokia people perceive the situation as being surpassed by Apple.

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Re:The Engineer-Driven culture at Nokia and its problems by wazoox on Saturday February 12, 2011 @05:15AM (#2209763)
> I personally know people who think that nokia dumbphones are the best mobiles

If voice calling is your main and only application, they win hands down. Good sound, easy to use even with one hand and without looking at it, one week use on a single charge...

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Re:The Engineer-Driven culture at Nokia and its problems by aaronbrethorst on Saturday February 12, 2011 @01:28AM (#2209481)
Better to take that energy and redirect it at kicking the crap out of your competitors than to waste it on schoolyard taunts.
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Re:The Engineer-Driven culture at Nokia and its problems by erikpukinskis on Saturday February 12, 2011 @04:54AM (#2209739)
Not everything in life has to be about winning. The taunting can be an art in and of itself.
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