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		coldtea on Nov 12, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft takes .NET open source and cross-platfor... Nokia is a totally different case, so doesn't invalidate his theory. Nokia sells to consumers, so there wasn't the problem (as his theory suggests) of corporate clients not wanting to have business with MS. Not saying that his theory is correct, just that it's different case to Nokia.

Finster on Nov 12, 2014 [–]

Nokia was also definitely pre-Nadella. The Xamarin theory supports Nadella's whole "cloud and mobile services" schtick.

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