The Deal That Makes No Sense

Re:The Deal That Makes No Sense by redact207 on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @05:26AM (#6319918)

Can I add my own conspiracy theory and put forward that MS wanted to buy Nokia years ago when the world was going mobile but couldn't. Then one by one, MS VPs mysteriously left their posts to go work with Nokia. Fast forward to today, MS finally buys the firm they wanted to in the beginning.

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Re:The Deal That Makes No Sense by pessimizer on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @08:39AM (#6320524)

That was the consensus amongst Nokia fans after the burning platform speech - that Elop's purpose was to drive down the price of Nokia until it was a cheap acquisition.

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Re:The Deal That Makes No Sense by asabjorn on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @01:28PM (#6322298)

The strategy to partner with MS always seems heavily tilted in MS favor. It probably makes a good business study how this can be avoided for anyone in a similar industrial position. It always baffled me that there was no successful shareholder riot because Elops strategy seemed like a self-goal no matter how it would play out.

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