First you assume they'd need to backfill the post. Second, I've never heard that number before, and don't believe. I've hired a lot of people, at F500 and sta

First you assume they'd need to backfill the post. Second, I've never heard that number before, and don't believe. I've hired a lot of people, at F500 and startups and it has never been perceived as that costly. Firing is costly though, but hiring less so. And a place like MS, the hiring process is fairly streamlined. Lastly, what's Nokia going to do about it? Share less info with Microsoft because they don't trust them. That early preview of the phone with the in-progress camera -- well don't give it to MS now. Wait another month or two and get the camera issues worked out first, they may tweat it. Down the line, they could use an NDA violation to get out of some contractual agreement they don't like. This is the big leagues. This is a multibillion dollar play. Unless this guy was a Scott Guthrie or David Cutler, I think they won't lose any sleep over it. Recall MS has pushed out far bigger fish than him in the past year or so (Bob Muglia, Amitabh S., Robbie Bach, J. Allard).