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Re: Microsft planning to buy nokia!

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Originally Posted by Mentalist Traceur (Post 1020529)

Anyway, monopoly in the sense that Microsoft already has dominant control of the end-user computer market,

I just want to say I feel this has a lot to do with apple's greed. If they would have made some reasonably priced products they would probably be ahead of MS or at least on par. They basically priced themselves right out of the market. It wasn't until about a year ago that they actually made a sub $1,000 notebook ..$999.99 lol.

Linux for years seemed to fight making a simple ux which the majority of cpu users need. In effect just handing the consumer market to MS.

I'm no fan of MS but I have to applaud bill gates for giving back a large portion of the truck loads of money he stole from competitors/consumers, which cant be said for jobs who died on a pile of cash and in his dying breath wanted to spend every last dime to crush android.

f7u12 MS, Apple and Android too

Re: Microsft planning to buy nokia!

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Originally Posted by Nokia's response

"We’ve put these rumours to rest a long time ago. The focus for Nokia is on executing on our partnership around Windows Phone and growing the ecosystem, and each company has the tools they need to do so”

Every time some neophyte in the world say "ecosystem" outside of pure biological context, Microsoft is 0.01% closer to getting Nokia. Howg.

Re: Microsft planning to buy nokia!

They said the end of the world will be on 21.12.2012. They ain't true.. (Unless Nokia will be sold to M$ on 21.12.2012). Selling Nokia to M$ will be the world's end!

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Does anybody here still think that Nokia has realistic chance to become anything else except Microsoft OEM in the smartphone market? I just don't see it happening anymore. Everything I see read, see and hear says pretty much opposite.

That in mind, I think that it would actually be good move to sell the unit while its still worth something and while Microsoft still needs and is willing to pay for something like this.

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Originally Posted by cBeam (Post 1146170)

If Nokia sells away (most of) the smart phone patents, it would be virtually impossible for them to re-enter the smartphone market.

I would assume that most of Nokia's patents are to do with physical phenomenon, eg RF communications etc. Such patents are relevant no matter the phone being smart or dumb. This is in contrast to Apple and MS who mostly patent broad concepts which in many cases are also obvious and/or unoriginal to boot.

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No Nokia left in this scenario.

They could go back to making rubber boots - less competition probably.

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Originally Posted by Mike Fila (Post 1146178)

Linux for years seemed to fight making a simple ux which the majority of cpu users need. In effect just handing the consumer market to MS.

IMO for years the Linux UI and UX has been superior to Windows. Linux's difficulties in increasing its market are a result of a combination of vicious circles:

hardware manufacturer's intransigence in writing drivers, or even in providing information to enable "volunteers" to write drivers
lack of games
the continuing practice of computer manufacturers bundling Windows whether one wants it or not

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I'm no fan of MS but I have to applaud bill gates for giving back a large portion of the truck loads of money he stole from competitors/consumers

He is desperately trying to buy his way into heaven :)

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which cant be said for jobs who died on a pile of cash and in his dying breath wanted to spend every last dime to crush android.

I guess there is no heaven for Jobs.

Re: Microsft planning to buy nokia!

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Originally Posted by pycage (Post 1146154)

Companies deny everything before the official announcement.

What if Microsoft really bought Nokia's smartphone division leaving Nokia in Finland to produce dumpb-phones and would-be smartphone alternatives?
Wouldn't Nokia have more reason to concentrate on Maemo/Meltemi for those would-be smartphones then?

yes cause they need it for qtquick2 plain stupid run that on s40 btw dsmartphones today means dumbphones tomorow.