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MS is known for it's ruthless business tactics. Nokia joins the long list of MS partners who got hosed. It's impossible to say how well planned this whole thing
by hannibal5 13y ago
MS is known for it's ruthless business tactics. Nokia joins the long list of MS partners who got hosed. It's impossible to say how well planned this whole thing was, or if there was any gaps. But it's certainly possible.
1. Elop is the new rising star in MS.
2. Big American shareholders (who own more MS stock than Nokia) force Ollila to pick guy from America.
3. Elop commits to MS software almost instantly.
4. Widely criticized "burning platform" speech kills the revenue making phone business almost overnight. Nokia must commit to MS and it can't look sideways.
3. Elop's family has been living in Redmond all these years. They did not move as Elop initially said.
4. Ballmer announces retirement just before Nokia deal.
5. Nokia sells cheap just when sales show small hope.
- brador 13y agoHow does 4. ballmer retirement play into things?
- crocowhile 13y ago6. Elop becomes new MS CEO
- brador 13y agoCould it have been 'we need a new ceo, hey that guy from Nokia looks like a good candidate, buy nokia, get Elop, make Elop ceo' without the conspiracy?
- crocowhile 13y agoElop used to work at MS before going to Nokia.
- chris_wot 13y agoIt's looking more and more like a blatant take over from within via Elop as a Microsoft puppet. Now Elop has a high chance of becoming CEO of Microsoft. Either way, it's not looking good for either Microsoft or Nokia. Those massive mega mergers rarely go well, for one party or the other. I suspect that the name Nokia will be no longer in 2 years time.