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It's sad to see how clueless people are about how companies are actually run. Do you even know what a board of directors is and what it can do and does? Do you

It's sad to see how clueless people are about how companies are actually run. Do you even know what a board of directors is and what it can do and does? Do you know much power over the company the chairman of the board has? Look at the profile of the chairman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorma_Ollila http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorma_Ollila Insinuating that Elop is taking a bribe to drive down Nokia is just conspiracy mongering with no basis in reality.

gruturo 14y ago
He's not insinuating he took a bribe. He's insinuating he's been on some sort of covert assignment since 2010 and he never betrayed his mission. It's an impossibly crazy thought, yet it gets harder to dismiss for every day going by...
- recoiledsnake 14y ago
  Can you explain the process by which Microsoft can assign someone to be the CEO of Nokia?
  - rbanffy 14y ago
    Replacing a CEO is not something that happens overnight. Headhunters are contacted, candidates are approached. It may be luck, it may be knowing the right headhunters, but once the "right" candidate is approached, you can pad his/her resume so that they become irresistible hires for the target company.
    - cooldeal 14y ago
      So you think MS padded Elop's resume to make him desirable to Nokia over other candidates? Like being the CEO of Macromedia? What about the decisions after he became CEO? You think they were not done with the support of the board? Look what happened to Leo Apothekar, the board found a replacement for him within a month of him taking questionable decisions. It seems very likely that Nokia wanted a partnership with Microsoft even before Elop was hired. Why else would they hire someone from outside Finland?
- aik 14y ago
  > it gets harder to dismiss for every day going by... I'm amazed at how common this sentiment is. Turning a company around takes time. It's likely Nokia would be in the same boat as RIM if they would've stuck to their same path (ie. without much hope). However there's massive potential with this new plan for Nokia [if] WP7 succeeds (which IMO is fairly likely looking at current trends and quality of product). However again, it just depends on WP7 succeeding, (which Nokia is trying their hardest to make a reality).

gruturo 14y ago

He's not insinuating he took a bribe. He's insinuating he's been on some sort of covert assignment since 2010 and he never betrayed his mission. It's an impossibly crazy thought, yet it gets harder to dismiss for every day going by...

recoiledsnake 14y ago
Can you explain the process by which Microsoft can assign someone to be the CEO of Nokia?
- rbanffy 14y ago
  Replacing a CEO is not something that happens overnight. Headhunters are contacted, candidates are approached. It may be luck, it may be knowing the right headhunters, but once the "right" candidate is approached, you can pad his/her resume so that they become irresistible hires for the target company.
  - cooldeal 14y ago
    So you think MS padded Elop's resume to make him desirable to Nokia over other candidates? Like being the CEO of Macromedia? What about the decisions after he became CEO? You think they were not done with the support of the board? Look what happened to Leo Apothekar, the board found a replacement for him within a month of him taking questionable decisions. It seems very likely that Nokia wanted a partnership with Microsoft even before Elop was hired. Why else would they hire someone from outside Finland?
aik 14y ago
> it gets harder to dismiss for every day going by... I'm amazed at how common this sentiment is. Turning a company around takes time. It's likely Nokia would be in the same boat as RIM if they would've stuck to their same path (ie. without much hope). However there's massive potential with this new plan for Nokia [if] WP7 succeeds (which IMO is fairly likely looking at current trends and quality of product). However again, it just depends on WP7 succeeding, (which Nokia is trying their hardest to make a reality).