It is. But if you keep reading and just look at his sales graphs (assuming they are not tampered with or biased in a way I can't detect) his overall point is very hard to argue with. By its own benchmarks and predictions, Elop's reign has been a massive disaster.
Personally I think that the crucial mistake was that they should have had Android devices ready to ship as Plan B and that Plan B should have been executed the minute Microsoft delayed or restricted them in getting to market decent Windows Phone devices. They were promised special access and privileges and then when it came to the crunch, were forced to ship devices with pathetic specs - WVGA screens, single core processors, no NFC, lots of other design compromises.
Now they are in the situation where MS has betrayed them multiple times, now treating HTC as a preferred partner right at the crucial time when Nokia's do or die last gasp effort with their Windows 8 phones are imminent. If there weren't insults enough already that should have been the last straw for them to start shipping Android devices. But whether because of his allegiances, general incompetence or otherwise, Elop has not executed this strategy, and he's absolutely culpable for that.
Personally I think that the crucial mistake was that they should have had Android devices ready to ship as Plan B and that Plan B should have been executed the minute Microsoft delayed or restricted them in getting to market decent Windows Phone devices. They were promised special access and privileges and then when it came to the crunch, were forced to ship devices with pathetic specs - WVGA screens, single core processors, no NFC, lots of other design compromises.
Now they are in the situation where MS has betrayed them multiple times, now treating HTC as a preferred partner right at the crucial time when Nokia's do or die last gasp effort with their Windows 8 phones are imminent. If there weren't insults enough already that should have been the last straw for them to start shipping Android devices. But whether because of his allegiances, general incompetence or otherwise, Elop has not executed this strategy, and he's absolutely culpable for that.