John Gruber: Between a Rock and a Hardware Place
by Volker Weber
If I’m right, it’s inevitable now that Microsoft will acquire Nokia.
Analysis, way beyond his usual snide remarks.
Comments
Nailed it.
Nah, Microsoft wouldn't do that. Unless they could find a way to reduce Nokia's market cap first, maybe by sending someone they can trust inside Nok... oh, wait.
@Hanno
:)
Sometimes the board of directors or really big institutions/companies can be easily fooled around.
Nokia -> Elop. HP -> Apotheker.
The real question is, if Nokia's sales turn south on the Windows 8 announcement and Microsoft buys them on the reduced market value, will we then say that Microsoft "Osborned" Nokia? :-)
(Keep in mind delays in Windows 8 would only hurt Nokia more, but MS not so much.)