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Re: Microsoft Embraces Linux (Android)

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____/ Homer on Tuesday 05 Jul 2011 19:02 : \____

> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>> ____/ Bob Hauck on Sunday 03 Jul 2011 22:14 : \____
>>> On Sun, 03 Jul 2011 11:39:30 -0700, John Slade
>>> <hhitman86@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>      That's MS for ya. They want to make a ton of money and they
>>>> will get into any market they can. Looking at MS' purchases of Skype
>>>> and Nokia, I think MS is looking to get into some areas where money
>>>> can be made.
>>> 
>>> Uh, MS hasn't bought Nokia.  Not yet anyway.
>>
>> A senior Nokia executive said, "this isn't a deal, this is a takeover
>> by Microsoft"
>>
>> I can find the source if you want.
> 
> [quote]
> A senior figure at Nokia has reportedly said: "This isn't a deal between
> Nokia and Microsoft, this is a Microsoft take over."
> [/quote]
> 
> http://www.techeye.net/business/nokia-will-lay-off-up-to-6000-next-week
> 
> They don't name either the source or the reporter, though.
> 
> Curiously, two weeks later they describe the quote as coming from their
> own source:
> 
> [quote]
> Our source at Nokia said, when we learned of the job cuts: "This isn't a
> deal between Nokia and Microsoft, this is a Microsoft take over."
> [/quote]
> 
> http://www.techeye.net/business/nokia-culls-7000-jobs
> 
> Which seems inconsistent with "has reportedly said", since they are in
> fact the reporters.
> 
> Strange.
> 
> Anyway, it's pretty clear Microsoft has indeed committed a hostile
> takeover of Nokia, using a former Microsoft employee as a mole, and a
> whole lot of bribe money.

They 'pulled a Belluzo'. 

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