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Originally Posted by eikido View Post
I wrote this in another thread, but here it goes again, where it should belong:

I suspect it was the boards idea the whole time. They wanted WP7, got rid of Olli, headhunted a MS exec for a CEO position, BOOM, one foot in. I DOUBT one person (Elop) is behind all of this. This is just the boards strategy and now all of us think its because of one man.
I don't know the trustworthiness of the source here at IntoMobile, but he claims it was American investors responsible for pressuring the board into going the FlopElop route: Nokia Chairman Jorma Ollila wanted Anssi Vanjoki to be CEO, picked Stephen Elop after getting threats
 

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