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Nokia Wants to Free Symbian

Started by Zach · 1 year ago

Hot on the heels of the recent purchase of Plazes, Nokia is at it again, this time with a huge scoop! In a press release and on the 10th anniversary of Symbian (coincidentally) Nokia has made an offer to buy the 52% of shares it doesn’t own of Symbian. As of yet, it has an […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Nokia Wants to Free Symbian", url: ... Continue reading »

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  • Zylam Marex

    1 year ago

    Nice!!!! man i always thought that these Uiq symbian parts where just loose ends.....looks like its gonna be all nokia's now!!! man imagine like 10 years from now....the innovation symbian will probably go through....
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  • Abul

    1 year ago

    I think it's a good move, Ok Nokia will be in charge and own the whole of Symbian, but the other companies involved all have the same mission. But whether or not it will be fully open is still open to debate. I guess we'll just have to trust Nokia on this and hope they move Symbian (which will probably become S60) forward for the good of the consumers.
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  • silpol

    1 year ago

    (this is only MY opinion and it has nothing in common with whatever comes from my employer, directly or implicitly) - I tend to believe that Symbian won't be S60, and open sourcing it is not about pushing it to the future. Open sourcing is new slang for ... slow downsizing on minimal costs :)
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  • Zach

    1 year ago

    Ouch! ;)
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  • silpol

    1 year ago

    mita? I said this is _my_very_personal_opinion_without_any_intra_knowledge_ :))) didn't you see how ex-NET-now-NSN had been sent to make money on its own? what makes you thinking that Symbian is any better for those who merely counts money vs risks? :)
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  • Zach

    1 year ago

    Heh - of course it's your personal opinion. My "ouch" was in response to "Open sourcing is new slang for ... slow downsizing on minimal costs". There are many people hoping this won't be the case with S60 I'm sure!
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  • silpol

    1 year ago

    I don't think it is that straightforward - IMO they are given sort of last chance, and yet... kept as separate asset (it doesn't matter, open- or closed source, public entity or private equity) - easy re-evaluate at any moment.
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  • Zach

    1 year ago

    I agree.

    If Nokia moves away from Symbian it would really surprise me though. It
    would be a complete reversal from the current perspective from what I know.
    Last September I was speaking to "someone" deeply involved with S60 Touch
    and I inquired as to why they weren't moving forward more with the OS in
    terms of changes / innovation / etc. The response I got was basically that
    they don't want to change. They're extremely confident (almost too
    confident) with what they have and didn't want to stray too far...
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  • silpol

    1 year ago

    well, I do not exclude that it is my wishful thinking :) let's see - time will show it in all vulgar details :)
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  • Zach

    1 year ago

    lol :) Right you are though - time will most certainly tell!
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