The Symbian Foundation has finally eliminated UIQ – the company just put its 270 remaining employees on “notice of dismissal”. This is made possible as Sony Ericsson has agreed to fund the company “on a month-by-month” basis in order to allow employees to find other jobs or start their own companies.
I perso0nally think that the Symbian Foundation and Nokia have made a huge mistake here: the folks at UIQ’s have had huge experience with touchscreen technology. Their experience could have helped avoid many slip-ups which may have occurred in the design of S60 touch…
However, the folks at Symbian’s are not stupid (even though they tend to break their arms in the wrong times). Taking over a company is expensive – but the only thing really useful at UIQ’s is their “human capital” (aka the core team – they unfortunately don’t need secretaries, tea cookers,..).
So, a load of money can be saved by simply waiting until the company dissolves and then hiring the employees on a head-by-head basis. This would rid the new owners from inherited UIQ burdens, but would essentially achieve the same ends.
What do you think?
via AllAboutSymbian
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