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Nokia Shareholders Approve Sale To Microsoft

Posted by timothy on from the never-got-fired-for-buying-microsoft dept.

mrspoonsi writes "Nokia shareholders met today at an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to vote on whether or not to accept the terms of the company's proposed sale of its devices and services business to Microsoft. The deal, which was first announced in September, is worth €5.44bn EUR ($7.35bn USD / £4.57bn GBP), and also includes provisions for Microsoft to license patents from the Finnish company. 78% of those eligible to vote had already voted before the EGM. Of those early votes, a staggering 99% had voted in favour of the sale to Microsoft."

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  1. Increasingly irrelevant tech dinosaur.. by somersault · · Score: 4, Funny

    .. buys other increasingly irrelevant tech dinosaur for lots of money.

    News at 11

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    which is totally what she said
    1. Re:Increasingly irrelevant tech dinosaur.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Slashdogma tenant 4: if the OS isn't Linux, it's irrelevant. (some consider OSX relevant because it has the same command line syntax)
      Tenant 5 is similar, that if you can't git something, it might as well not exist (yes, this does even mean svn is ignored)

    2. Re:Increasingly irrelevant tech dinosaur.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      But they're EVIL! EVIL I tells ya! They eat PUPPIES at their company picnic. PUPPIES!

    3. Re:Increasingly irrelevant tech dinosaur.. by Eunuchswear · · Score: 5, Funny

      Tenant - a person who occupies land or property rented from a landlord.
      Tenet - a principle or belief, esp. one of the main principles of a religion or philosophy.
      Pedant - left as an excercise for the reader.

      (It is 100% sure that this post contains an gramatical, spelling or numerical error).

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      Watch this Heartland Institute video
    4. Re:Increasingly irrelevant tech dinosaur.. by jeffy210 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Tenant - a person who occupies land or property rented from a landlord.
      Tenet - a principle or belief, esp. one of the main principles of a religion or philosophy.
      Pedant - left as an excercise for the reader.

      (It is 100% sure that this post contains an gramatical, spelling or numerical error).

      Tennant - The Doctor

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      "And may your days be long upon the earth."
  2. Re:Get out while the getting is good! by hydrofix · · Score: 4, Funny

    Elop is a likely candidate for the next CEO at Redmond. When you are thinking about Microsoft and Nokia, you must always think in opposites, like in Lewis Carroll's book Through The Looking Glass, to grasp how these companies' management teams operate. So, as in our mere mortals' terms Elop is a miserable executive, who did almost everything in his power to destroy his company's market position, in Redmond-speak it means he is a great manager. Further in their distorted reality field, he is a great choice for the next CEO, because selecting the worst outcome for Microsoft is the management's objective. So, you just might be right about Elop's next job!