


Nokia's new CEO also fires back against criticism by Google



I. Becoming a Giant Overnight







II. Nokia Fires Back at Google Over "Turkey" Remark







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RE: Good.
By Tony Swash on 2/11/2011 3:13:45 PM , Rating: -1
You spend post and post bitching against Microsoft these last few days. What's your goal in it?

I am venting the bile of a thousand wasted hours spent using Microsoft's vile and third rate software because I had to, because it was mandated, because it was obligatory :)

Thank god those days are over and the great beached whale looks like it might be slowly dying.

RE: Good.
By Luticus on 2/11/2011 4:13:00 PM , Rating: 5
First off, you never have to do anything. The computing market hasn't ever been Microsoft exclusive. Microsoft may be dominating the desktop space but it's not the only game in town, never was.

Second, for a company that produces "third rate software" it's a wonder to me why it's office and operating system products are kicking the crap out of FREE ALTERNATIVES all day long. Interesting...

the great beached whale looks like it might be slowly dying.

Good luck with that...

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By maven81 on 2/14/2011 2:22:46 PM , Rating: 5
"I worked in a large organisation (10,000 employees) Windows and Office were obligatory for eight fucking hours every day of my working life. This was an experience shared by millions of other people. Nobody chose Windows at work, that was all that was on offer. I was a Mac user the whole time so I knew exactly how inferior and awful the Microsoft stuff was but still I had to face it every day of the working week."

And I worked in a large ad agency that had 500 mac users. So did they not have a support staff because mac is all flowers and rainbows and "just works" or was it a bigger nightmare then supporting PC users? I'll give you 1 guess.
Currently I work in a place where I'm forced to work on a mac 8 hours a day. There's no real reason for this since all the adobe applications I use work just as well on a PC and sometimes BETTER. But I'm forced to use this fisher price "my first OS" crap that has such a hard time with things like memory management that often the computer will freeze for 20 seconds at a time. It has a hard time talking to the windows network (and the retards that designed this OS chose to use an image of a PC with a blue screen as an icon for the windows machines, really classy stuff). I could list a million things about it that make me want to throw this thing out the window every day. So don't tell me how it's superior.

RE: Good.
By sxr7171 on 2/12/2011 11:34:10 PM , Rating: 2
The FREE alternatives are worth what they cost. It would takes many millions to try to even try to wrestle away MS's monopoly in those areas. Yes, that's how powerful being in that position is. How can you use anything other than Office if you expect to get by in the world?

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Google Docs is coming on strong as well.



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By semiconshawn on 2/11/2011 4:46:13 PM , Rating: 3
Dying with record profits. My kinda of dying. If I was you I would rant and cry as well. Looks like the company you have nightmares about just became a HUGE player in the mobile sector overnight. Pee your pants little man the boogie man commeth......

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By sxr7171 on 2/12/2011 11:54:04 PM , Rating: 2
They could in 6 months if they really are on the ball and 12 months if they are slacking. I would agree with you on that. If they know what's best for them 6 months is what they would do. But one thing you are forgetting the immense brand recognition Nokia enjoys worldwide. Sadly most of these are dumbphones. However, nobody can put inexpensive hardware in the hands of people like Nokia can. So they do have to find ways to make basic WP7 phones and also some compelling high end WP7 phones. Clearly they have some history in both arenas. This could play out in any number of ways, but if these companies are serious it does have the potential to be a major contender. For MS this is potentially a near instant 30% global smartphone share. It just has to be implemented with some dedication. The rapid changes are a good sign. If both parties leverage this deal to the maximum, it could accomplish much more than you expect.

