MS did not erase history yet by stopping Skype on the Nx00

Maybe they realize by now that such action will only cost them another 1000 or so Skype users.


One of the classic stories regarding the special Nokia + Skype story is still published on a Microsoft server.
They don't seem to be in a hurry to hide the historical existence of the "world's most advanced mobile computer" which development they have helped to prevent and freeze in time and by doing so fully acknowledging the threat it was building up.

In retrospect if Nokia wanted MS to get scared by a scenario of leaking Linux out of Mobiles to Desktops and into consumers minds and guide it to buy the Nokia mobile branch to kill it if not microsoftize it then announcing "this (N900) is step 4 of 5" would make sense.

If Nokia wanted it to be successful they should have kept quiet and not announce or "partner" with Intel which was also a possible honey pot for MS intervention.

So leaving this message on their updated server reminds MS and MS customers that they have actually acquired something substantial instead of the abortion which they helped turn it into, deliberately or not.

https://blogs.windows.com/devices/20...nokia-devices/

“With more than 400 million Skype users worldwide, the integration of Skype on Nokia Nseries mobile computers is a significant step in bringing converged Internet experiences from the desktop to the world’s most advanced mobile computer.”