LFC you need to tone down your bias.. It amazes me , how blindly you are anti microsoft
Er Anti-Microsoft? Bias?
Argue with facts mate, not with accusations.
The points are these:
1. MeeGo was a Nokia-Intel initiative and while it was delayed, etc., and it was thought not to be ready, but the N9 has proven it to be more than up for it.
2. Nokia chose WP7 which while previously got some favourable reviews, but it struggled in sales.
3. WP7 was or is no more ready than MeeGo at any point.
4. WP7 had no significant market or application advantage over MeeGo.
5. Elop is an ex-Microsoft employee.
6. MeeGo was thrown out of favour before even a chance was given to it and Elop could clearly see the status unlike the tech bloggers.
7. Nokia + WP7 only support only ONE platform, while MeeGo has far more punch to it.
8. Nokia had invested a LOT and had a developer Ecosystem with Qt all of which was abandoned.
What do these add up to? It's pretty clear and sad as well.
As for calling Mr.Elop a retard, yup you're retarded if you stand in front of cameras and pretend it's a "confidential" event. That's BS. Or maybe just a joke poorly executed. And the timing of this makes him an idiot.
And yeah read this as well
*felipec.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/my-disagreement-with-elop-on-meego/