I think a couple of things are obvious, from knowing some Nokia employees: a) These 9 are young, and likely Finns — who are generally proud people and who are

I think a couple of things are obvious, from knowing some Nokia employees: a) These 9 are young, and likely Finns — who are generally proud people and who are guarded against outsiders (like Elop) b) They are software developers. Most of their Plan B focuses heavily on Meego and keeping development and R&D in-house. With Meego 'out' (or close to it) and WP7 in, software development resources at Nokia are likely to be slashed, and so of course they'd want to contest the decision. The biggest problem I have with their plan though, is this: > Return the company to a strategy that seeks high growth and high profit margins through innovation and overwhelmingly superior products with unrivaled user experience. Return? Nokia & Symbian might sell a ton of phones in the global market, but they certainly haven't had high margins nor growth over the last few years. They can't 'return' to the way things were, because that strategy is no longer viable in today's market. To carry on as if Apple & Google aren't kicking your ass is a sure-fire way to lose everything.