[rickisen]

Because Nokia is a soure of pride in Finland. It means a lot to a small country to have a company like that.

And then they made a deal with the devil. And now it's all gone.

[Gravityloss]

Nokia did not transform from a device company to a software company well enough. A big part of the damage was caused by decisions made long before Elop.

[sirkneeland]

Very true (OPK was the one who really set Nokia up for failure) but at this point I think it is safe to say that Nokia could certainly have done better under Elop's tenure than it had