Microsoft is cutting 1,000 jobs in Finland as it stops phone production

Re:Microsoft is cutting 1,000 jobs in Finland as it stops ph... by pjc50 on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @11:54AM (#11770665)

Minecraft is very much not destroyed. Nokia .. well, the burning platform was while they were still an independent company. Like Blackberry they failed to adapt to smartphones, and failed to understand their own niche.

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Re:Microsoft is cutting 1,000 jobs in Finland as it stops ph... by danieldk on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @01:32PM (#11771532)

Nokia .. well, the burning platform was while they were still an independent company.

They were an independent company under control of a trusted general of Steve Ballmer. Nokia had a lot of goodwill in some regions, e.g. in Europe they were known for their excellent reliable and serviceable hardware. At the time the fear was that a switch to Android would reduce their margins, but I guess they'd still be around and pretty successful if they had switched to Android timely.

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Re:Microsoft is cutting 1,000 jobs in Finland as it stops ph... by pjmlp on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @01:58PM (#11771744)

A general that had a bonus clause on the contract offered by the Nokia board if he managed to sell the company.

If you had such a bonus on your contract what would you do?

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Re:Microsoft is cutting 1,000 jobs in Finland as it stops ph... by unlinker on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @03:50PM (#11772557)

Minecraft is in a death spiral, but it's normal, since it's already an old and overplayed game for its target.

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