Let me see if I have this right: the CEO of Nokia very publicly declares that he is going to bet the company on WP7 weeks before finalizing a deal for WP7.<p>Didn't the very public declaration, which IIRC caused <i>resignations</i> by engineers working on Symbian and Meego, radically weaken Nokia's negotiating position?<p>I must be missing something because it is unlikely that the leadership of a major corporation would be that unskillful at negotiation.
Am I the only one that sees this as a good thing?<p>Nokia gets an reasonably well made OS to replace its own, widely criticized, OS. Nokia instantly becomes the one of (if not <i>the</i>) largest WP7 vendor, thus giving it way more negotiating power than if they were to adopt Android.<p>Microsoft gets the largest handset maker to adopt an OS that is struggling to gain traction, instantly upping their credibility in the market.<p>The rest of us get a legitimate third player in a smartphone market dominated by iOS and Android.
This deal sounds very similar to MS-Yahoo deal. Abandon your existing technology, rely on competitors tech and expect growth.<p>We have seen how MS-Yahoo deal played out this week. It won't be long before Nokia realized what they got into. By then, it'll be too late.
Note, other MS partner deals that work oh so well:<p>MS-Yahoo..the current revenue numbers indicate that with MS's help Yahoo will reach a floor of below $200 million within one year from now from a high of several yeas back of $500 million.<p>How many restarts for winCE now? Is it not he 5th code base restart? Gee Nokia should be right at home than :)