Posted by tranced In a new tell-all article about Satya Nadella's rise to CEO at Microsoft, an interesting fact has surfaced: He and co-founder Bill Gates, among others, initially opposed the company's deal to acquire Nokia's smartphone unit.
According to a Bloomberg report, Gates, Nadella and former Skype leader Tony Bates all "initially balked at the move" to purchase Nokia's devices and services business, as did several board members. The debate became so heated that former CEO Steve Ballmer reportedly shouted he couldn't be Microsoft's chief executive if the board wouldn't agree with him.
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I find that hard to believe... if they can't control Nokia, and they go full android instead of WP.. WP would be dead because Nokia accounts for over 90% of their sales.
Buying Nokia's D&S was the only way to save the platform. I am pretty sure going android was Nokia's leverage anyway..
