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	ysss	2011-02-19 , 16:43
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Originally Posted by Funklord

Did you not understand?

"Elops only responsibility is for the Microsoft stock he holds"

I think you meant to say "Elop's only responsibility is to Microsoft, due to the MS Share he has."

Questions:
1. Does MS exercise control over Elop because he owns MS share?
2. Will running Nokia down to the ground have a positive effect on MS share value? (so far the answer is no)
3. Does Elop, the already filthy rich b*@#tard, have other means to attain more personal gain (fame, fortune and glory) by doing good in Nokia than running it down to the ground?

Sure, as long as the following can be assumed too:
1. Elop with his business degree knows better than 5000 developers.

Did you just say that generally developers know how to run multinational companies?

Throwing away all good technology and replacing it with technology proven bad is more likely to restrict a corporation from reaching their goal, since cashflow has a multitude of possible sources and technology doesn't.

If Nokia is facing an imminent cashflow problem if they continue on their current course, given what we know about their techs (opensourced Symbian, thrown away maemo and also dabbled in opensourced MeeGo), a very thin profit margin on a big chunk of their business (mobile phone) and receding marketshare on the hot and growing segment (smartphone), please tell me 3 possible sources for cash infusion.

It's obvious, for the MS-Nokia deal to even start being profitable to Nokia, MS would have to give Nokia at least the amount of money spent on developing Maemo.
I'm pretty sure we're not talking about numbers anywhere close to that.

Please tell us how that's obvious; it's not obvious to me.

Amassing wealth for a few individuals is parasitic on the corporation as a whole, it means at some point the corporation will be gutted at the expense of thousands of workers, and customers.
I'm not judging, just observing.

First off, I assume you're talking about public companies.
Second, pay/renumeration is a whole different can of worm to talk about. Suffice to say that you can't get it far cheaper unless you go to unproven candidates; and that's an even bigger risk to take when you talk about the kind of numbers these gargantuan companies are pulling in.

Wrong, small companies need to innovate in order to be profitable, large ones don't.

There are many ways to be profitable, and innovating is never the only way.

Please give a few examples of these small and innovative companies that you had in mind when you wrote that?

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