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Some interesting points of note from the article;

That the other members are trying to stop Nokia's move shows that they still care.

Giving one company a kind of 'administrative control' could be a good thing for creating a level playing field and since Nokia has (and continues to) involve competitors in creating checks and balances, I think that Nokia is not the most secretive and cunning company mentioned on this forum.

The incompatibility between devices is something that everybody likes to beat everybody else with regardless of the fact that it affects them. I know that software has had to be tweaked with a 'x.1' version for the latest Series60 phone, but the same applies for Microsoft where software has been released as a 'x.1' version which was only compatible with the SPV is now compatible with another MS Spartphone so don't play that card (and this cross-platform "share the .EXE because no changes have to be made" stuff I keep hearing about Windows Mobile is nonsense, or we'd be seeing far more application on the Smartphone than we are, and we wouldn't hear developers saying for months that they're "working on a Smartphone version" of their PocketPC stuff).

Anyway, this is all FUD so I'm not too worried. As long as my 9210 and MPx200 work, the suits can go whistle in their conferences.