1000+ Nokia workers have walked out in protest (in English via Google Translate)

Post by ianb » Fri, Feb 11, 2011, 6:00 PM UTC

windsurfer wrote: post #17

arethuza wrote: post #10

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"for fear of arrest" Whether you agree with the decision or not, nothing about it sounds in the least bit criminal.

Europe's anti-trust laws are very different from the USA's. I don't know enough about it to be sure, but simply making anti-competative actions such as partnering can be illegal.

Post by marshray » Fri, Feb 11, 2011, 6:05 PM UTC

senko wrote: post #78

marshray wrote: post #74

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Yeah I was reminded of OpenGL. Haha, at least Nokia isn't claiming that they and Microsoft are going to develop technology "jointly".

They are (claiming so). In the press conferences, they stressed that they're going to contribute to WP7 ecosystem (by bringing OVI maps, and their expertise with developing for range hw range, or something along those lines).

Post by marshray » Fri, Feb 11, 2011, 6:12 PM UTC

trezor wrote: post #67

marshray wrote: post #9

Let's see 1. Hire someone from Microsoft to run the company 2. He says "our platform is burning, we have to do something drastic" which most people interpret as "prepare to come up with a strategy and fight like hell to win". 3. Guess what, he already had something in mind! It was "throw out our current reasonably successful development efforts and become a licensee of Microsoft's failed platform instead". And piss o…

It was "throw out our current reasonably successful development efforts and become a licensee of Microsoft's failed platform instead". Reasonably successful? I dare you to name one single Nokia-phone made the last half decade which you would consider relevant. The truth is that platform-wise and software-wise, the bits you interact with, they've been stagnant since around 2000 and no amount of megapixels or Carl Zeis…

Post by ianb » Fri, Feb 11, 2011, 6:18 PM UTC

raganwald wrote: post #29

latch wrote: post #25

This kind of behavior makes me wish at-will employment was the norm throughout the world. If you aren't happy, quit. Change was clearly needed and change was made. Work hard for your company or find a different place to work that'll make you happier. Everyone thinks they could make better decisions.

This kind of behaviour makes me wish golden parachutes for executives weren't the norm throughout the world. If you can't make money for the company, quit or be fired. Isn't it amazing how "at will" seems to apply to both employees and management, but somehow management's version of "at will" is considerably lower risk than the employees, even though the manager has considerably more influence over their future.

Post by marshray » Fri, Feb 11, 2011, 6:28 PM UTC

schintan wrote: post #76

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An executive switches from company M to competitor N then abruptly throws much of N's development investment in the trash and signs a deal to license all of it from M instead, it smells funny. I'm not saying anything actually is wrong, I don't know enough about it to care. But what I do see is Nokia being a big employer and part of national pride for Finland. This will likely become an issue in politics there. They'd…

nokia is a private company and is answerable to only its shareholders...there might be a backlash in Finland but any company that has to take or does take business decisions based on political/nationalistic considerations will find it hard to be competitive in the global economy