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Microsoft To License Nokia Brand To Foxconn, Says Report (techtimes.com)
SmartAboutThings quotes a report from Windows Report: It's no secret that Microsoft's phone business isn't going according to plan. Last quarter alone saw a 46% drop in phone revenue, slightly better than the 49% drop the quarter before that. And now it seems that Microsoft is finally realizing this: according to rumors, the tech giant is considering licensing 50% of its mobile business to Foxconn -- in other words, the Nokia brand it had purchased for 10 years, until 2024. It appears that negotiations have reached very advanced stages, with Microsoft and Foxconn currently deliberating the final clauses of the deal. Some of the implications of such a deal could mean about 50 percent of the Microsoft Mobile members would be looking for new jobs. The rest of the team is said to join the Microsoft Surface team, and may be tasked with working on an upcoming Surface Phone which has been rumored for some time now.
> how does it become white people's [...]
See? and that's exactly the problem. Its the responsibility of society *as a whole*, i.e. of all of us, white, black, female, male, LGBT, whatever.
Or are you trying to suggest ony "white people" decide who goes where?
Inducing change always involves unsettling things and always brings along some awkwardness. Look at history. Today, we (I dare to include you here) consider female vote a Good Thing. Look at the rationalizations used to keep women from voting... roughly 100 years ago. Heck, late adopters in Europe were in the 1970s and -80s.
It is essential to a civilized society to think about equality of access, and that includes looking at the stats and incentivizing change. Of course that includes a discussion of possible side effects, but labeling these people as "stupid conservatives" or those people as "social justice workers" is *not* a discussion, but *avoidance of a discussion*