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Nokia Names Microsoft's Elop As New CEO
itwbennett writes "Nokia has tapped Stephen Elop, former president of Microsoft's business software group, to become its new CEO effective Sept. 21. Elop will replace Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, who loses his board seat immediately and will step down from the CEO position on Sept. 20. Microsoft said Elop will leave immediately, but the company doesn't seem to be rushing to fill the vacancy at the top of one of its largest divisions. 'I am writing to let you know that Stephen Elop has been offered and has accepted the job as CEO of Nokia and will be leaving Microsoft, effective immediately,' Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer wrote in a letter to employees late Thursday."
Hiring an american is, for this finnish company, a pretty large error. Making him a micros~1ee, read: largest innovation destructor in computing to date, is not going to bring back "innovation" to this ailing company. They basically have everything except management clue (but a clear excess of management), and you're not going to fix that by getting another manager from brass-heavy micros~1. So, last rites to nokia. G'bye.
I wonder if Steve Ball is throwing office chairs around this time.
Good liddle iFanboy!
You spouted the standard iDamage control meme for Google's Android phones beating the shit out of Apple's overhyped and defective iPhone so well!