Microsoft applies make-up to Nokia's corpse -- was Re: Nokia :-3 Microsoft fiasco

[Christopher Chan]

Simcity 2000 anyone?

On Monday, February 14, 2011 01:53 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>   On 14/02/2011 11:53, Basil Chupin wrote:
>> On 14/02/2011 10:02, Sven Aluoor wrote:
>>> http://imgur.com/3nN2k
>>>
>>
>> Elop worked for Ballmer before he went to Nokia.
>>
>> BC
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> MICROSOFT was today applying some rouge and lipstick to the dead face of
> Nokia.
>
> The software giant said it wanted Nokia to look like it did when it was
> young and happy before they shove it in a box and throw it into a hole
> in the ground.
>
> Chief executive Steve Ballmer said: "We wanted to capture its sense of
> humour and infectious love of life.
>
> "We wanted to make it look so good you would be tempted to give it an
> open-mouthed kiss or heave it into an upright position and dance with it."
>
> The company will be interred next week at a lavish funeral which will
> feature its trademark tune being played by the massed Stylophones of the
> Finnish Royal Navy.
>
> But friends and family of the mobile phone manufacturer have claimed
> that Microsoft has just made it look even worse.
>
> Keevi Hakaflakanen, who has known Nokia since it was five, said: "Oh no,
> that's awful. It looks like an alcoholic clown that's been hit with a
> frying pan.
>
> "Looking at that I would have to say that I don't think Microsoft is a
> properly trained mortician.
>
> "And should its eyes be wide open like that? It's freaking me out."
>
> He added: "Microsoft should probably stick to what it does best, like
> making software for people who live in 1994."
>
>
> http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/business/microsoft--applies-make%11up-to-nokia%27s-corpse-201102113537/
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> rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
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