{"id":8691,"date":"2014-02-08T22:07:29","date_gmt":"2014-02-08T22:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ewanspence.com\/blog\/?p=8691"},"modified":"2014-02-08T22:07:29","modified_gmt":"2014-02-08T22:07:29","slug":"another-commentator-notes-the-normandy-name-and-the-hidden-message-to-microsoft-from-nokia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewanspence.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/02\/another-commentator-notes-the-normandy-name-and-the-hidden-message-to-microsoft-from-nokia\/","title":{"rendered":"Another commentator notes the ‘Normandy’ name and the hidden message to Microsoft from Nokia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charles Arthur at The Guardian pitches an interesting idea to Microsoft’s new CEO. Drop Windows Phone and fork Android<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Windows Phone was a wonderful project, but it was too late; the benefits of integration across handset, tablet and desktop simply haven\u2019t appeared. The vast majority of people who use a desktop PC don\u2019t use a Windows smartphone, and there\u2019s no chance of that changing any time soon – or ever, actually.<\/p>\n

AOSP offers Microsoft the chance to remake its mobile strategy so that it exploits all the strengths of its most bitter rival \u2013 it\u2019s free, widely available \u2013 and grab mobile developer interest. An all-out war between Microsoft and Google using the Android platform would be absolutely fascinating; both would be pressed on their strengths and weaknesses. For Microsoft, presently a distant third in this race, it could be the answer it needs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sounds remarkably like one of my editorials last month at Forbes<\/a>, arguing that Nokia’s leaked Normandy handset running a variant of the Android Open Source Project, should be seen to completion by Microsoft and tie in with the Windows Live account and cloud services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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