Actually, there were few options that the board considered when looking for the CEO candidate. The main contestants in the game were mr. Elop who came from outside the company and mr. Vanjoki who came from inside. Both candidates outlined their plans for future of the company; Mr. Vanjoki had the following agenda:Let's develop future based on our existing strengths, use the migration path from Symbian to Meego. Current product lineup is falling but we have time to fix this if we pull together. On short term this will create additional costs but on long term the cost-effectiveness of being in control of our OS will even out Mr. Elop had the following agenda:Let's outsource our OS development to a partner company, this will immediately make 3500 SW developers redundant and enable huge savings now I've got good relations to MS, I can negotiate a contract that gives us very good terms on OS licencing Now imagine that the board members are NOT competent on the engineering aspects, they have NO background on SW development. Their main competence is on finance and so when presented with these options the choice is clear --> go for the option which seems lucrative and produces immediate gratification.