• Intel, whose open-source MeeGo smartphone operating system was quite publicly dumped by Nokia last week when the phone maker announced its tie-up with Microsoft, says it will keep on keeping on. "The carriers still want a third ecosystem and the carriers want an open ecosystem, and that's the thing that drives our motivation," Intel CEO Paul Otellini said, according to Reuters.Devindra Hardawar at VentureBeat begs to differ. If Otellini is touting open as MeeGo's draw, Hardawar said the open "champion will be Android."
Actually, Nokia wasn't entirely clear it was breaking up with MeeGo, but it did decide to hook up with Microsoft to put Windows on its smartphones, plus it let go of the executive in charge of the joint venture with Intel. (See Quoted: Nokia gets on board with Microsoft — is it the right call?) The world's largest chip company can take a hint. But it's not above getting in a few digs. The Reuters article also includes this from Otellini, speaking about Nokia CEO Stephen Elop's decision to go with Microsoft: "I wouldn't have made the decision he made, I would probably have gone to Android if I were him. MeeGo would have been the best strategy but he concluded he couldn't afford it."
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