That time when Microsoft bought and killed Nokia phone unit - eviltoast

When bad management meets bad software, even great hardware is useless

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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      8 个月前

      Yeah and I do not recall knowing people who thought it would end well. It was universally viewed as a bad move as opposed to developing MeeGo or going Android.

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        8 个月前

        It should’ve ended well. Someone at the top made a huge bungle of it all. Windows phone 7 and 8 were some of the best phones I’ve owned.