A Timely Revision of Elop's "Burning Platform" Memo

Nerval's Lobster writes "Microsoft's purchase of Finnish phone-maker Nokia will enrich the latter's CEO, Stephen Elop, to the tune of roughly $25.4 million. That's a generous number, considering Nokia's much-publicized travails over the past few years — generous enough, certainly, to prod angry reactions from the Finnish media. As Elop came aboard Nokia in 2011, he wrote the infamous 'burning platform' memo, in which he suggested that radical moves would be necessary to halt the company's market-share declines. In light of these latest revelations, however, I offer an updated version of Elop's memo: ''

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How To Accomplish The "Elop Effect"

[Freshly Exhumed]

Tomi Ahonen has the formula down perfectly, with explanations:

ELOP EFFECT = RATNER EFFECT + OSBORNE EFFECT

http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/2013/09/the-do-it-yourself-elop-analysis.html

Re:How To Accomplish The "Elop Effect"

[Anonymous Howard]

Yeah, but Tomi Ahonen is a moron. This is the same guy who claimed that Symbian was clearly the best mobile smartphone OS and would crush iOS & Android if only given a chance. Riiight....

http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/2013/02/nokia-misery-in-single-pictures-today-part-8-in-series-the-elop-strategy-to-go-windows-from-feb-11-2.html

This should not be a surprise

[sl4shd0rk]

I don't know why anyone is upset about this. It shouldn't be a surprise. Tech history is littered with the remains of corporate entities who once partnered with Microsoft. What part of "Embrace, Extend and Extinguish" did Nokia think did not apply to them?