Thanks to Swordmaker for the ping!!
Posted on 05/25/2016 1:02:24 PM PDT by Swordmaker
Microsoft can do a good job when it does the stuff it knows how to do.
If memory serves, CNBC puts the number at 7800, including all the former Nokia employees from that acquisition.
Happily, all of the applications and printer still worked after this hijack of this machine. And yes, Microsoft can sometimes write some pretty good code after several attempts. But that is not my point - arrogant Microsoft has mistreated their customers for many years. I have used their OS since DOS 2.10. I evolved over time from being a big fan to a severe critic because of the way they treat their customers. In my determination to escape Microsoft and its abuses, I found some software that I actually prefer using more: Linux.
I think that may be the total to date. . . Do you remember the acquisition cost?
It’s worse than rape. We only use our desktops to access the internet and to store software which we then enter data in and transmit. We set all our computers to no downloads without asking and then when each person goes home for the day they unhook their computer from the internet. Not much else I know to do. Hopefully that will help some.
The computers with all our data are laptops and they aren’t even connected to the internet. Takes a little more time for everyone to do their work but at least we know client’s and patient’s information cannot be accessed that way.
Dunno, but I’d guess it not be cheap.
Thanks to Swordmaker for the ping!!
From ATT?
Thanks for the ping.
I am not surprised they are continuing to focus on corporate customers. Ultimately, that is their biggest market. Exchange is one of the most important things Microsoft sells from a Microsoft point of view, because it facilitates a lot of their vendor lock-in strategy.
Microsoft blew 3 billion buying Nokia. I knew this was stupid move when it took place.
But what do they care. MS has 100 billion in cash offshore and tens of billions held in the USA
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In its latest regulatory filing, the software giant said it has now stockpiled $92.9 billion offshore and that this money could have cost the company $29.6 billion in taxes, but didn’t.
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Moody´s: Microsoft, Apple and Google´s Combined Cash Reserves Close to $400 Billion
winbuzzer.com · 1 day ago
Microsoft, alongside Apple and Google, holds 23% of all corporate cash in the United States, with other companies
I’ve had lumias for 3 years now — I really like my current phone and the previous phone
It’s an unlocked phone direct from Microsoft. You could use it on AT&T or T-mobile in the USA or probably any of the smaller carriers who use GSM.
I’ve heard rumors that Microsoft was going to release a version compatible with Verizon bands but I’m not sure if that will happen.
Personally, I think they should have released it supporting every band, much like Apple does with their iPhone and let people decide. Of course it’s still up to the network provider to permit the phone to connect.
“We set all our computers to no downloads without asking and then when each person goes home for the day they unhook their computer from the internet. Not much else I know to do. Hopefully that will help some.”
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What? Did you pull that figure out of thin air? It was $7.2 and change for Microsoft to acquire the mobile division of Nokia, not $3 billion.
Thanks for the correction. You are correct!
7.2 billions flushed down the toilet by Steve Balmer I suppose
Phone deal with Nokia became Microsoft’s $10 billion mistake
May 25, 2016
When Microsoft bought Nokia’s phone unit, then-Chief Executive Steve Ballmer touted the deal as a move that “strengthens us as a company in so many ways.”
Instead, the acquisition seems destined to be remembered as one of the company’s largest strategic missteps, a costly failure to boost Microsoft’s weak standing in mobile computing.
Since the $7.9 billion purchase of Nokia handset business was sealed in April 2014, Microsoft has laid off thousands of employees at manufacturing plants and research facilities from Redmond to Finland to China.
All in all Microsoft squandered 10 billion dollars on Nokia!!!!
Like I said I knew it was pos deal when it was done in 2013. Why? Because the Asians were becoming ascendant in the smart phone business and were eating Nokia alive. Nokia’s day was during the age of cell phones. This was when they reigned supreme.
Nokia honchos were overjoyed when the ridiculous Steve Ballmer showed up to buy up their business.
Nope, can't lay this rotten egg at Steve Balmer's feet. He resigned as CEO of Microsoft effective December 2013 and resigned from the Board of Directors in August 2014.
Microsoft announced the start of the Nokia acquisition in September of 2014. . . after Balmer was gone. Looks like he didn't want to have anything to do with it.
$10 billion is probably about right, now that I think about it.
Oops. The article I was referencing claimed September 2014. . . but it was actually September 2013 when Microsoft made their Nokia acquisition announcement. So it WAS a Balmer fiasco! Sorry about that Dennis. Another commentary on the state of Journalism today.
My apologies for correcting you when it was YOU who was correct.
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