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Nokia's Flirtations Put the Fear of Google Into Microsoft
- chalst 16y agoFrom the arty: During this time, the talks with Microsoft nearly broke down, according to a person familiar with the matter. The main issue: Nokia executives believed Microsoft was treating Nokia as it would any potential handset partner, while Nokia was making a "bet-the-company" decision on a software partner, this person said. This makes sense to me, and what I would have expected to see from the deal is some real commitment preventing MS from screwing Nokia if they don't like the direction the cooperation is going. Nokia has bet the company on this deal, Microsoft could axe a loss-making division if they felt they had to cut costs.