Microsoft has already started to give Nokia exclusivity and buying them out doesn't change much - OEMs are not not dependent on Windows Phone anyways - they ca

Microsoft has already started to give Nokia exclusivity and buying them out doesn't change much - OEMs are not not dependent on Windows Phone anyways - they can keep their WP handsets a small affair but they still gotta pay Microsoft on their Android sales in patent royalties, even if Microsoft favors/buys Nokia. Even if non-Nokia OEMs totally ditched Windows Phone - Microsoft could just take the royalty money and continue to invest it in Nokia and use all tricks in the book to gain some meaningful market share. No matter how you look at it - it looks good for Microsoft.