> * This was what MS did to Nokia too, if I remember correctly, to get them to adopt the Windows Phone platform. To me, RIM circa 2008 would have been a far be

> * This was what MS did to Nokia too, if I remember correctly, to get them to adopt the Windows Phone platform. To me, RIM circa 2008 would have been a far better acquisition for Microsoft. Blackberry was embedded in corporate world, the media loved it (Obama had one), the iphone and android were really new.