英特爾首席執行官致諾基亞埃洛普:要是我就同谷歌合作
????日前,路透社(Reuters)有報道稱,保羅?歐德寧不看好諾基亞(Nokia)采用微軟(Microsoft)Windows Phone 7平臺。事實上,他認為諾基亞此舉完全是出于財務方面的考慮,是一個錯誤的選擇。 ????英特爾首席執行官歐德寧顯然更希望諾基亞繼續與英特爾一道開發移動平臺Meego,然而現在英特爾只能孤軍奮戰。MeeGo是去年由諾基亞與英特爾各自的Linux平臺Maemo和Moblin合并而成。 ????不過,歐德寧認為諾基亞沒有足夠的財力和資源繼續開發Meego,使其成為一個可行的平臺。但他也認為諾基亞在Windows Phone 7平臺上很難脫穎而出。他說道:“在Android上諾基亞要想脫穎而出難度會小一些,而在MeeGo上諾基亞可能有勝算。” ????微軟的合作提議中包括復雜的物質報酬,據埃洛普稱金額高達數十億美元。歐德寧表示,諾基亞的首席執行官史蒂芬?埃洛普收到了“數額高得驚人的開價”,條件是該公司采用Windows Phone 7。 ????此外,諾基亞與谷歌的業務有些重疊,這可能引發了一些沖突,從而阻礙了諾基亞與谷歌合作:諾基亞剩下的最大的軟件產品是Navteq地圖,然而,假如它與谷歌合作,該產品必將被束之高閣,因為谷歌自己已經有大受歡迎的地圖軟件。而微軟則將把Navteq整合進自己的Phone 7操作系統。 ????不過,我必須指出,對于這個問題,歐德寧并非一位不偏不倚的法官。原因是英特爾是谷歌GoogleTV的合作伙伴,而該產品正是在Android運行。此外,歐德寧還是谷歌公司的董事。 ????不論如何,英特爾將繼續自行開發MeeGo。但是,在移動世界大會(MWC)上,早期MeeGo產品的反響最多也就算是不好不壞。 |
????According to a Reuters report this morning, Paul Otellini isn't too thrilled with Nokia's (NOK) decision to go with Microsoft (MSFT) Windows Phone 7. In fact he thinks that Nokia chose the wrong platform and that the decision was strictly a monetary one. ????Clearly, Otellini would have preferred that Nokia continue to develop Meego with Intel who now must forge on alone with the mobile platform. MeeGo was created last year by the merger of Nokia and Intel's (INTC) Linux-based platforms Maemo and Moblin. ????However, Intel's CEO doesn't think Nokia had the money/resources to continue developing Meego until it became a viable platform. He also thinks it will be tough to differentiate on Windows Phone 7. "It would have been less hard on Android, on MeeGo he could have done it," he said. ????Microsoft's offer, which has been interpolated in complex financial rewards and is not a straight buy, was said to be in the billions, according to Elop. Otellini said Nokia's Chief Executive Stephen Elop received "incredible offers -- money" to go with Windows Phone 7. ????There was also some overlap that might have caused some friction that could have prevented the merger with Google (GOOG). Nokia's biggest remaining software product, its Navteq maps, would have been brushed under the rug at Google, who has their own popular mapping software. Microsoft is integrating Navteq into their Phone 7 OS. ????I should note that Otelini isn't a completely impartial judge on the matter. Intel is partners with Google's GoogleTV which runs on top of Android. Otelini is also a board member of the Mountain View company. ????Intel, for what it is worth, will continue to develop MeeGo on its own. Reviews of early MeeGo products at MWC were mixed at best. |