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Originally Posted by Wiener View Post
Hmm ... first of all the Deal will reduce Nokia's sales of Symbian phones and make more difficult future sales of MeeGo phones or devices. The claims of Elop are very vague, based only on some speculations and it seems very-best-case assumptions. Net benefit is billions, but unfortunately negative due to loss of market and customers in the coming year.

Other issue is, Nokia cannot reduce opex so quick. Ever tried to release employees in Europe? Have fun, Elop. This will cost next billions. Nokia will pay social plan and MS licenses much more than MS is able to pay in addition to the lost market.
True you are. What Elop said 'net benefits will be in the billions' can also refer to three actions that he explicitly confirmed to perform: sales revenue of WP phones that are supposed to be loaded with Symbian; layoff of staff and reduction of R&D budget.

Nokia spends quite a lot in R&D, merely cutting one-forth of it could save a billion, and that's exactly what IBM did in 90s.

I wonder how people would immediately assume he is going to net billions from selling WP phones alone.