Microsoft Fires Another 9,000 Ex-Nokia Employees

I'm not sure I agree with such a broad generalization as embodied in this article, but one of the most baffling things about the Nokia handsets deal was that Nokia was able to unload the legacy handset business on Microsoft. How did Microsoft's board allow that?

Secondly, Nokia corporation is alive and well and doing a good business in infrastructure and ecosystem (HERE) components. Time has passed quickly and Nokia's non-compete agreement with Mircosoft will expire in 2016. Do you think Nokia could start making Android and/or Sailfish handsets by then?

While it was a bad deal for Nokia to become Microsoft's vassal in the first place, in the exit from that deal, Nokia got as good a deal as possible.