On: The Deal That Makes No Sense

[akandiah]

>My vote also goes for Nokia being financially in trouble, and M$ have their hand forced by the fear of a collapse in Nokia would gut the distribution channels for all the flagship windows phone models.

I believe M$ and Nokia made a strategic agreement around 12 months ago that guaranteed that if anyone were to purchase Nokia, it would be Microsoft. The writing has been on the wall since then. I don't know why people are surprised by this move.

[justincormack → akandiah]

No need for a deal. Going windows phone only made Nokia unsaleable to anyone else anyway.

[discodave → justincormack]

Except by somebody who had an interest in making WP go away...

Although I'm sure there would be howls of protest and possibly regulatory issues with Google, Samsung or Apple buying Nokia.

[marcosdumay → discodave]

WP is perfectly capable of going away by its own feet, nobody needs to help.