lanigerous@feddit.uk to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoThat time when Microsoft bought and killed Nokia phone unitwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1541arrow-down19file-text
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minus-square018118055linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoNokia 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.
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.