Re:Nokia's new MeeGo-based N9 is set up for failure
by vessenes on Friday June 24, 2011 @12:07PM
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Nokia is doing a credible job of burning through the largest phone developer ecosystem in the world.
Making the switch to WP7 might or might not have been a good decision for Nokia, but it was a decision to largely part ways with that developer base and jointly gamble with Microsoft that they could build a credible alternative developer base to iOS and Android.
It's funny to be writing this; four years ago, I would have been frankly really surprised to think that Nokia developers could become somewhat irrelevant so quickly.
Making the switch to WP7 might or might not have been a good decision for Nokia, but it was a decision to largely part ways with that developer base and jointly gamble with Microsoft that they could build a credible alternative developer base to iOS and Android.
It's funny to be writing this; four years ago, I would have been frankly really surprised to think that Nokia developers could become somewhat irrelevant so quickly.