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by rbanffy 5420 days ago
Even if you discounted MeeGo as a no-go (no pun intended) as I did before playing with the N9, Android would make more sense - they already had Linux kernels running well on their hardware and had them for ages. Building Android on top of that would be trivial. And quick.

Nokia could also be the only Android phone maker that would be completely imune to lawsuits by any other phone maker. And from Microsoft ("It's a shame you are suing us, you know. It would be horrible if we decided to sue all your WinMo 6 and 7 OEMs").
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trezor 5419 days ago
Even if you discounted MeeGo as a no-go (no pun intended) as I did before playing with the N9, Android would make more sense

Just to clarify: I never claimed that doing Windows Phone 7 was the better option over than doing Android. I claimed that delivering someone else's OS is probably the wiser bet for Nokia, as historically they've been just awful with software.

And with a CEO coming straight from Microsoft, going the WP7-route instead of doing Android, seems like a pretty obvious and "safe" decision.

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rbanffy 5419 days ago
> And with a CEO coming straight from Microsoft, going the WP7-route instead of doing Android, seems like a pretty obvious and "safe" decision.

I always tell my friends who work for Microsoft to never, ever drink their Kool Aid.

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