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From: Eric L	10/11/2012 10:36:24 AM
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The Nokia Maemo, MeeGo Story ... The 'story' linked below is an English translation of a fairly long article pieced together and written in Finnish by Sampsa Kurri who founded the technology-centered site Muropaketti (now owned by Otavamediain) in 1999. Sampsa earned his MSc from Tampere University of Technology and now produces content and helps in the development of the site through io-media Ltd., which he founded. The translation of the article was made with the help of people from TaskuMuro's MuroBBS forums with special thanks given to Aleksi Vänttinen. >> The Story of Nokia Meego Sampsa Kurri TaskuMuro.com 11.10.2012 taskumuro.com ### The author notes: As a result of the partnership with Nokia and Microsoft, and the Windows Phone strategy, the MeeGo team was shut down after releasing the N9 and a couple of software updates in little over a year. Eventually, also the the Linux based Meltemi operating system designed for cheaper mobile phones was buried and all available resources have now been focused on to the Windows Phone. On TaskuMuro.com, we have been actively following the development of Nokia’s smartphones, and also the development of the Linux based Maemo and MeeGo operating systems. Because there is so little information publicly available about the history of MeeGo, we left a message on our MuroBBS discussion forum in the summer of 2012. In the message we asked people involved in the MeeGo development to share their stories. We received numerous contacts from former and present Nokia employees who asked to remain anonymous. Total of 10 people were interviewed for this article. With the right questions, Nokia’s large MeeGo puzzle started to take form. This article is largely based on information and interviews from anonymous sources. We have done our best to compare the information received from these various sources, and to combine them with information leaked on the Internet over the years. The readers need to understand that the interviewees worked on environments and projects that were abandoned after several years worth of development. There are a lot of lost jobs, failures, and bitterness behind their words, since nearly 5000 Nokia employees have been laid off in Finland during the past year. - Eric L. -

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