And don't forget that the remains of Nokia still hold all of their patents. Since they won't be manufacturing phones anymore the only reason I can think od for them to NOT have sold them to Microsoft is so they can sue Apple and all the Android manufacturers and Microsoft can pretend that they have nothing to do with it.
The under-the-table business-to-employee market is nothing compared to the $8.3 Quadrillion in unfunded pension liabilities. We'll need 221 Earths to pay that off.
Once some alien civilization discovers the disk on the Voyager probe the RIAA will be able to sue the entire Galactic Federation for copyright infringement, so that should be covered.
I find it very strange that you argue that Nokia couldn't sell cheap phones when that was what they're best at. Nokia wasn't exactly the Ferrari of the cell phone world, they built boring solid cheap phones that the first world found dull
Now if only he could learn how to sing.../me ducks:-)
Actually I agree, he isn't that great of a singer. On the other hand he is one of the greatest lyricists of the mid-late 20th century so he deserves a little slack for his singing.
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Sounds like they are doing everything they can to emulate Microsoft.
if (likelihood-of-getting-caught == high)
{throw (EXCEPTION_POSSIBLE_ILLEGAL_TRADE)}
else {SetCompliance (IGNORE_ILLEGAL_TRADES)}
Even inserting a delay of 15ms across the board at the end points might be enough to limit the effectiveness of HFT.
Damn. That means it isn't eligible for free 2 day shipping.
Everything written in PHP looks like it was written on PCP.
They're pissed about the press leaks and out for blood, so he gets the longest ever sentence for leaking classified information.
But the kiddie porn charges? Nah, just pay a fine.
Wow.
Please. The kiddie porn charges were to merely get him to enter a plea and move this along.
Doesn't take a card-carrying FBI agent to Scooby Doo that bullshit. It's called a pressure point, and a rather effective one too, as you can see.
And he would have got away with it to if it hadn't been for those meddling kids!
I get my anvils from ACME Corp. When dropped on someones head it does result in a large bump but does not fracture skulls or cause death.
If they were robots they would be more likely to get my order right.
In the next Star Wars movie the rebels will fling themselves at the stormtrooper pigs with a giant slingshot.
According to Forbes 2.2B of the sale price was for the patents. So it looks like MS can keep making money off the Android licensing business they have going. http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2013/09/03/microsoft-to-buy-nokias-mobile-business-for-5b-license-patents-for-2-2b/
The headline of the article you linked to is "Microsoft To Buy Nokia's Mobile Business For $5B, License Patents For $2.2B" (emphases mine)
And don't forget that the remains of Nokia still hold all of their patents. Since they won't be manufacturing phones anymore the only reason I can think od for them to NOT have sold them to Microsoft is so they can sue Apple and all the Android manufacturers and Microsoft can pretend that they have nothing to do with it.
Slashdot: the only news website where you have reruns!
Not so, Other news sites have had multiple articles about Blackberry cutting their staff as well.
The under-the-table business-to-employee market is nothing compared to the $8.3 Quadrillion in unfunded pension liabilities. We'll need 221 Earths to pay that off.
Once some alien civilization discovers the disk on the Voyager probe the RIAA will be able to sue the entire Galactic Federation for copyright infringement, so that should be covered.
I'm for anything that will help repell Kardashians. er, Cardassians.
people get tablets that are like their smartphone and work well with it, not one that works well with and like their PC.
And that is the brilliant idea that brought us Win8, because MS thought they could unite this ecosystem and offer interoperability for... profit?
Exactly, Microsoft is at the '???' stage of their plan, the next being 'Profit!!!'
I find it very strange that you argue that Nokia couldn't sell cheap phones when that was what they're best at. Nokia wasn't exactly the Ferrari of the cell phone world, they built boring solid cheap phones that the first world found dull
So, the were the Toyota of the cell phone world?
and selling Lumia's at a loss was not a race to the bottom? you got to be kidding.
With Windows OS installed you aren't in a race to the bottom, you are already in a deep dark hole never to see the light of day.
you must really hate him.
Now if only he could learn how to sing ... /me ducks :-)
Actually I agree, he isn't that great of a singer. On the other hand he is one of the greatest lyricists of the mid-late 20th century so he deserves a little slack for his singing.
It's not my fault I beat you up. If you had just given me your lunch money you wouldn't have a black eye.
I can't be a rock star because I like folk music.
Bob Dylan performs folk music and IS a Rock Star.
Just checked your TV. Seriously, you need to stop watching Honey Boo Boo. You have 184 channels and you watch that crap?
It's only fitting that a carrier aircraft be launched from an aircraft carrier.
I just pipe in to /dev/null snd pipe out from /dev/random.
You misunderstand. Ballmer is the monkey.