Nokia loses another technology chief

Nokia's chief technology officer
Rich Green has taken a leave of
absence from the mobile phone
giant.
An official Nokia statement said
he had left to resolve a "personal
matter" and gave no date for his
return.
However, a Finnish newspaper
quoted sources inside Nokia
saying he had left because of
differences over strategy and
would not return.
Mr Green was known to
champion the MeeGo mobile
operating system which Nokia
recently sidelined.
That decision was brought about
by Nokia boss Stephen Elop's
decision to adopt Microsoft's
Windows Phone software for its
smartphones.
Tech change
Finnish newspaper Helsingin
Sanomat cited unnamed Nokia
sources who claimed that Mr
Green's departure was linked to
the MeeGo decision. In particular,
it said, Mr Green was unhappy
with Nokia's decision to
abandon plans to produce
phones built around the system.
In its statement, Nokia said Mr
Green's absence would have "no
impact on our product strategy
or our expected product launch
timelines".
Rich Green was known as a keen
supporter of the Meego system
Rich Green joined Nokia in early
2010 following a 19 year stint at
Sun Microsystems where he
latterly oversaw the move of Java
code onto mobile phones.
When he was appointed, he was
Nokia's fourth chief technology
officer in five years. The company
said that Henry Tirri, currently
head of Nokia's research labs,
will take over the post of
technology boss.
The news of Mr Green's
departure caps a rough month
for Nokia in which it announced