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I suspect Tim Cook finds this amusing
As part of Thursday’s earnings report, Nokia noted it received $250 million from Redmond in the first of many quarterly “platform support payments.” It’s part of what the company says will ultimately be billions of dollars in support of its shift to Windows Phone.
Nokia also notes that it pays Microsoft royalties on each phone and has guaranteed minimum commitments, an amount it also expects to ultimately be measured in the billions of dollars.
Microsoft’s Pays Nokia Millions During Windows Phone Transition – Ina Fried – Mobile – AllThingsD
Continue reading: Microsoft’s Pays Nokia Millions During Windows Phone Transition – Ina Fried – Mobile – AllThingsD
Happier times for IBM and MSFT shareholders
The results were a relief for many investors after Oracle Corp. reported weaker-than-anticipated earnings last month, fueling speculation that businesses were holding off on technology spending, said Brendan Barnicle, an analyst at Pacific Crest Securities in Portland.
“The results of these three companies suggest that was an Oracle-specific event,” Barnicle said.
The positive outlook also contrasted with the earnings of Google Inc., which delivered its report yesterday. The Mountain View, California-based company missed analysts’ sales and profit estimates, dragged down by the European crisis and a push into mobile technology, which yields lower ad revenue. Google shares tumbled as much as 10 percent… Continue reading: Microsoft Leads ‘Old Dogs’ in Topping Estimates; Google Dips – Businessweek
Excerpt from a Jean-Louis Gassée perspective
With RIM’s market share dropping precipitously, and no sign of a rebound with spanking new models until the second half of 2012, who would want to risk billions in a market that’s controlled by competitors who manage to be both huge and fast-growing? Sure, RIM is still in the black, but its cash reserves are dwindling: the Cash and cash equivalents line went from $2.7B last February to $1.1B in November 2011. What’s left will evaporate quickly if revenue and profits keep dropping, as they’re likely to do for the foreseeable future.
Will Microsoft buy RIM or Nokia? | Monday Note
Interesting times
In a series of tweets after the agreement was announced, some with the hashtag #anotherandroidlicense and making reference to the Occupy movement’s catchphrases, Microsoft execs teased Google and chided Apple for its penchant to sue instead of sign licensing agreements.
"Hey Google — we are the 70%," Frank Shaw, Microsoft’s vice president of corporate communications tweeted, referencing Microsoft’s assertion that it now has deals on 70 percent or more of the Android smartphones sold. Shaw later posted on Twitter, "Can we just agree to drop the patents-as-weapons meme? When effective licensing enables companies to share IP, the metaphor falls apart."
Microsoft execs jab at Google after signing Android… Continue reading: Microsoft execs jab at Google after signing Android patent-licensing deal – San Jose Mercury News
Final paragraphs of an extensive BW cover story article (on the cover: “No More Mr. Monkey Boy”)
History smiles on Jobs because Apple almost went under and came back stronger than before. Ballmer, you could say, never had the advantage of bouncing back from near-obliteration—he’s spent much of his time as CEO trying to expand beyond Gates’s vision. He’s not stuck in the past, he says, but learning new tricks. He’s running an early version of Windows 8 on a tablet and living an old digital dream. “I’ve gone paperless,” he boasts. “Zero! I get pissed when people have paper in meetings now.”
During a reflective moment, Ballmer says that if he had… Continue reading: Steve Ballmer Reboots – Businessweek
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