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Bergius: The Dreams of the MeeGo DiasporaBergius: The Dreams of the MeeGo DiasporaPosted Jul 9, 2012 16:43 UTC (Mon) by pboddie (subscriber, #50784)In reply to: Bergius: The Dreams of the MeeGo Diaspora by AndreE Parent article: Bergius: The Dreams of the MeeGo Diaspora
They needed to dump MeeGo? If we consider "MeeGo" to mean the continuum of technologies from Maemo through the Maemo/MeeGo hybrid that was shipped in a real product to the MeeGo/Tizen projects, I don't see much justification for dumping it at all.
After all, the software got its outing at retail and apparently did rather well when the organisation was squeezed by competitors, investors and (presumably) internal forces, and had to deliver it. It makes one wonder why they didn't see the need to release such products earlier.
As for the Android versus Windows argument, it's conceivable that Microsoft will use their usual dirty tricks to limit Android's growth and win in the long term, but then one has to wonder whether Nokia will be around to see it happen.
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Bergius: The Dreams of the MeeGo Diaspora Posted Jul 9, 2012 17:32 UTC (Mon) by slashdot (guest, #22014) [Link]
What dirty tricks?
Microsoft isn't much bigger than Google, and Apple is much bigger than both of them (in several metrics), so they can't brute force the situation with money.
Extending their Windows "monopoly" also seems problematic, because mobile devices nowadays tend to be independent, and data tends to move to "cloud" solutions rather than being locked into Windows PCs.
They might somehow deliver a better product though, not sure about that.
Bergius: The Dreams of the MeeGo Diaspora Posted Jul 9, 2012 22:07 UTC (Mon) by pboddie (subscriber, #50784) [Link] What dirty tricks? First out of the bag, then: take a look at all the patent enforcement actions involving Microsoft and/or "patent licensing" companies having a certain connection to Microsoft that are targeted towards anyone shipping Android.
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