Thread: Microsoft is the plague: Nokia stock drops 14% as 1,000 employees walk out
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2011-02-14 , 21:27
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#65
Originally Posted by Sopwith View Post
Well, HP already bought Palm, so they probably don't want Nokia, but wouldn't it be fun if Intel used all of its liquid assets to acquire a control package of Nokia's shares, and then fired the current board and CEO and forced Nokia to use MeeGo
HP does have the Linux based WebOS, but no market share in mobile phones or tablets. Does Qt fit WebOS?
Putting WebOS on Nokia phones would give them immediate substantial market share.
HP's CEO (Leo Apotheker) is German.
HP is the biggest PC maker, Nokia (still) the biggest phone maker.