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That time when Microsoft bought and killed Nokia phone unit (www.theregister.com)
submitted 6 months ago by lanigerous@feddit.uk to c/technology@lemmy.world
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When bad management meets bad software, even great hardware is useless

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[–] 018118055@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 months ago

Nokia sealed their fate when they spent $8bn on NavTeq. Switching to Android would have made the purchase valueless, and the people responsible for the acquisition were still in charge.