[Info-vax] RMS intro

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

On Thu, 4 Jan 2024 21:51:26 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

> https://www.zdnet.com/article/here-are-the-real-reasons-windows-phone-failed-reveals-ex-nokia-engineer/
> 
> Former Nokia engineer
> 
> <quote>
> "Even if WP got apps and whatever else it lacked, there just wasn't a
> compelling reason to switch. Even now I sense the number swapping
> between iOS and Android is pretty low."
> </quote>

Note this part:

    Finally, by 2014, mobile users had already aligned themselves with
    either iOS or Android.

So we’re not talking about the beginnings of Windows Phone, but after
it had already been on the market for some years, and failed to pick
up a customer base by then. Android was able to start from an equal
market position (or lack of it), and grow to success because of its
attractiveness to customers right out of the starting gate, where
Microsoft was not.