 Permalink for comment 523742 RE[4]: Microsoft's fault? by
acobar on Mon 25th Jun 2012 13:19 UTC in reply to "RE[3]:
Microsoft's fault?" Member since:  Same here about Nokia. I
really have a hard time to try to understand companies that try
to bring someone from outside to sort out their problems, seeing
them like a savior. When they bring expertise on
distribution/business relations or about new technologies is one
thing, but what did Elop (and many others like him on other
companies) brought? Nothing! They try to "revolutionize",
wasting valuable efforts on a crisis moment.  You don't get too
big a company just doing stupid things, even thought big
companies do stupid things, but unlike most of us, as long as
the stupid thing they did is not insane, or that the bleeding is
not related to a huge technology shift, they will have the time
to adapt. Nokia could do that, they had market presence,
business relationship and expertise on the field. They could
have improved their mix of offerings on service and opti