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That time when Microsoft bought and killed Nokia phone unit (www.theregister.com)
submitted 6 months ago by lanigerous@feddit.uk to c/technology@lemmy.world
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When bad management meets bad software, even great hardware is useless

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It was incredible watching it unfold, even more so from the offices of a smartphone competitor.

[–] lanigerous@feddit.uk 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Can only imagine, must have been like watching the demise of Myspace or something

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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.