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by stonewhite 4580 days ago
First of all, Nokia will be forking Android

Microsoft has earned more money from android (by lawsuits) then it earned from WP8. Maybe it is trying to earn some more by embracing and extending.

And another approach would be like, Samsung Crapwiz will look the same even if it switches to tizen or stays android. Similar to that, the latest Symbian phones already resemble androids both in UI and UX. So changing the underlying software would cause minimal attention. Nokia would only profit from this more mature and capable technology.
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camus2 4580 days ago
> Microsoft has earned more money from android (by lawsuits) then it earned from WP8. Maybe it is trying to earn some more by embracing and extending.

It would be a big f_ck to all WP devs, why would they invest in Window Platerform if all they need is a linux box to develop for MSFT phones ? But hey, MSFT works in mysterious ways.

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salient 4580 days ago
Not lawsuits, patent extortion. If only there were actual lawsuits, but I don't think they've won anything from actual lawsuits. They just pressured companies into giving them money.
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