Re: Why can't Elop take credit for his achievement?
The N900 wasn't finished. The N9 wasn't finished. Maemo / Meego weren't finished. And didn't have any apps. Windows Phone didn't have the apps either. And never caught up with Android / iOS.
They couldn't release Asha, the update to make Symbian at least bearable until a year, 18 months after Elop took over.
All the competing OSes died for lack of apps and support. And only MS had the cash on hand to keep Windows Phone going, and flat out pay for developers to make them apps. Which they did. But only a few million dollars.
MS could have invested sufficiently in Windows Phone, both in getting developers and keeping it updated. But all updates were late, and never fully-featured, that always came in the next update that was just a year away. Or maybe 18 months.... They just weren't serious enough. When Bill Gates was in charge, he drove them into the mobile market, and I don't think Ballmer or Nadella really cared. So they only played at it.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
