Originally Posted by cBeam (Post 1020416)

Maybe it is the best possible outcome for Nokia to be bought.

Or does anybody think they can get out of this death spiral, especially with [sarcasm on] talented management [sarcasm off] they have in place right now?

Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 1020422)

Remember when the best rumors were me teasing you guys about the N900? :D

Originally Posted by gerbick (Post 1020365)

This happens, the EU will probably block it. They've sued Microsoft enough times to want to prevent something like this.

Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 1020409)

Speaking of tinfoil hats... whatever became of the allegation that an eldar.murtazin@nokia.com email address had been confirmed? :D

Originally Posted by Mentalist Traceur (Post 1020374)

I think Eldar was saying something like this a month or two ago already...

Not sure if him repeating it is him being him, or if it actually means there's more information available suggesting that this is going to be something Microsoft wants to do.

*Shrug* Either way, what gerbick says makes perfect sense too - the EU would already be watchful of Microsoft monopolies in their territory from prior experiences, AND there's bound to be people in the EU who felt a sense of pride about their European giant Nokia (while Europe isn't exactly unified culturally, the people who do feel more European than [any European nationality here] are more likely to end up working in the EU, and either way they'd certainly feel more positively towards a European business than the American Microsoft that they've had unpleasant relations with before).

Originally Posted by geneven (Post 1020433)

Ah, those were the good old days, when Nokia rejected the idea of tablets, which it had been pioneering, and went for something more phone-ish. Nokia fooled us, all right -- we thought it had some sense!

Originally Posted by tissot (Post 1020385)

It's corporate talk that includes saying stuff like 1 month before N900 announcement Nokia executive saying that they have no plans at turning Maemo platform to phones...

Originally Posted by geneven (Post 1020433)

Ah, those were the good old days, when Nokia rejected the idea of tablets, which it had been pioneering, and went for something more phone-ish. Nokia fooled us, all right -- we thought it had some sense!

Originally Posted by sjgadsby (Post 1020473)

Really? I recall Nokia employees were always extremely careful, from OSiM World 2008 until the N900's annoucement, not to deny the Fremantle lead device would have cellular voice capabilities. Instead, when anyone inquired about voice, Nokia employees would consistently point to the fact that they'd only announced cellular data capabilities and change the subject.

Originally Posted by momcilo (Post 1020485)

My guess is that people whom you talked to, simply knew what was permissible to disclose. Uniformity of their responses suggests established policy on that subject.