This is crazy talk. It's interesting that HP had the same crazy talk for its relaunch of webOS.
It's one thing to say "yeah, we can put out a quality product that can hold its own and go toe to toe with any other product in the market", it's another thing entirely to say "absolutely positively we will turn this product into a world beater, we will utterly dominate this industry soon" ... starting from a niche position at the bottom of the crowd. The former is sane, and capable of being fulfilled. The latter is not sane and a recipe for self-sabotage and failure.
> "absolutely positively we will turn this product into a world beater, we will utterly dominate this industry soon"
Yes, exactly. It's one thing to make an ambitious and bold play for a new market. But this is Nokia's main bread and butter at stake here. If WP7 doesn't gain huge market share then Nokia is going to have a disaster. It's quite breathtaking to see them play russian roulette with their future like this.
It's one thing to say "yeah, we can put out a quality product that can hold its own and go toe to toe with any other product in the market", it's another thing entirely to say "absolutely positively we will turn this product into a world beater, we will utterly dominate this industry soon" ... starting from a niche position at the bottom of the crowd. The former is sane, and capable of being fulfilled. The latter is not sane and a recipe for self-sabotage and failure.