Not to defend that acquisition, but Microsoft is keeping the Lumia business, this is JUST the feature phone business. Also, $2 billion of that wasn't part of th

Not to defend that acquisition, but Microsoft is keeping the Lumia business, this is JUST the feature phone business. Also, $2 billion of that wasn't part of the sale price, but a 10-year patent licensing agreement.[1] Microsoft is keeping that patent license, as well as the patents that Microsoft acquired outright in the deal. It's apples and oranges to compare the total purchase price to the sales price of part of the acquisition. [1] http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-takes-control-of-nokias-phone-business-acquires-25000-new-employees/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-takes-control-of-noki...