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Re:Microsoft to Cut Jobs, Take $7.6B Nokia Writedown by a1b2c3 on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @09:47AM (#9851463)
You're assuming the board knew any better. For all you know, Ballmer fought against it. They could have been screaming at him to get into phones and he found a solution. Full disclosure I revel in the demise of MS.
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Re:Microsoft to Cut Jobs, Take $7.6B Nokia Writedown by tdicola on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @09:52AM (#9851489)
No Balmer was known to have thrown a temper tantrum and was ready to quit on the spot if the board didn't approve of the Nokia purchase: http://www.computerworld.com/article/2475938/it-management/s...
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Re:Microsoft to Cut Jobs, Take $7.6B Nokia Writedown by a1b2c3 on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @10:04AM (#9851563)
Oh wow, well then; lol I guess.
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