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The board brought on Elop to do precisely what he did - any ire should be directed squarely at them.
Say what you will about RIMM, at least they aren't striking at the prospect of QNX replacing their OS.
to be fair, he might have options or other incentives structured around nokia stock. i'm not sure he should be expected to sell all his microsoft shares on leaving the company- perhaps put it in the control of a trust so that it doesn't look like a blatant conflict of interest?
Do we really need a deep conspiracy theory angle to explain the deprecation of a horribly lagging OS (Symbian) and a next-gen OS whose development was severely lagging even behind WP7? The board brought on Elop to do precisely what he did - any ire should be directed squarely at them. Say what you will about RIMM, at least they aren't striking at the prospect of QNX replacing their OS.
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Yeah, it seems like a bit of a misleading way to put it. $3.12 million is a lot, and perhaps a story in itself, but 7th largest individual stakeholder sounds a lot bigger.
yeah, and Bill Gates with his mere 6.95% is totally irrelevant too. I mean, I probably could own and influence as much of MSFT trough various Vanguard ETFs!
Given that he has been a Microsoft veteran, it's hardly surprising that (1) he's a big shareholder, and (2) whatever decision he makes as Nokia chief, his position as one of the largest individual shareholders of Microsoft will come into scrutiny. I think it's naive to say that he chose to go down the Microsoft route because he is one of its largest individual shareholders. It is equally as likely that Elop would hav…
Do we really need a deep conspiracy theory angle to explain the deprecation of a horribly lagging OS (Symbian) and a next-gen OS whose development was severely lagging even behind WP7? The board brought on Elop to do precisely what he did - any ire should be directed squarely at them. Say what you will about RIMM, at least they aren't striking at the prospect of QNX replacing their OS.
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yeah, and Bill Gates with his mere 6.95% is totally irrelevant too. I mean, I probably could own and influence as much of MSFT trough various Vanguard ETFs!
I guess I don't understand your sarcasm. With only $3m in stock, even if he made the stock rise 5% with this deal, that's only an increase of $150k. I'd say his financial future is far more tied with the success of Nokia than Microsoft.
and why would that be?
I guess majority of his current net worth is in MSFT, and future success of NOK is now firmly tied to MSFT as well.
Do we really need a deep conspiracy theory angle to explain the deprecation of a horribly lagging OS (Symbian) and a next-gen OS whose development was severely lagging even behind WP7? The board brought on Elop to do precisely what he did - any ire should be directed squarely at them. Say what you will about RIMM, at least they aren't striking at the prospect of QNX replacing their OS.
Do we really need a deep conspiracy theory angle to explain the deprecation of a horribly lagging OS (Symbian) and a next-gen OS whose development was severely lagging even behind WP7? The board brought on Elop to do precisely what he did - any ire should be directed squarely at them. Say what you will about RIMM, at least they aren't striking at the prospect of QNX replacing their OS.
It looks like even the previous gen (Maemo) of the next gen (MeeGo) has sold better than WP7