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Ten years ago Microsoft bought Nokia's phone unit – then killed it as a tax write-off

Sunday May 5, 2024. 07:55 PM , from TheRegister
When bad management meets bad software, even great hardware is useless
Retrospective Ten years ago Microsoft absorbed the handset division of Nokia. The world's biggest operating systems vendor was going mobile in a big way, and buying the erstwhile world leader in mobile phones to ensure its success.…
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