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    d.oberkofler
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    Another link:
    http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/2011/05/16/microsoft-to-buy-nokia-eyebrow-raising-rumor-of-the-day/

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      Chuck Gao
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      same rumors on Chinese news. Let's see what happen next week.

      Chuck

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        gedd
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        Can you imagine the ticket price ??
        Skype 8,5 Md$ : never win a dollar
        Nokia XX? Md$ : Major actor in mobile phone, about 29 MD$ CA

        Gedd

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          ivan.todorovich
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          [quote author="gedd" date="1305650926"]Can you imagine the ticket price ??
          Skype 8,5 Md$ : never win a dollar
          Nokia XX? Md$ : Major actor in mobile phone, about 29 MD$ CA [/quote]

          This is a quote from the link Dieter provided:

          [quote]What’s fascinating about this rumor is the numbers. After last week’s $8.5 billion Skype acquisition, Microsoft has about $32 billion left in cash reserves. And, as The Guardian points out, Nokia’s market capitalization is just shy of $32 billion. Coincidence?[/quote]

          o_o Sorry for my rusted english.

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            gedd
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            Do you think that Skype's market capitalisation was $8.5 billion ?
            At least the proposition must be 2x the market value to be serious.
            Let's wait and see , no ?

            Gedd

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              qtrahul
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              It was just rumor Nokia is Big company, Largest handset manufacturer, they won't do it.

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                tipul07
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                [quote author="qtrahul" date="1306761894"]It was just rumor Nokia is Big company, Largest handset manufacturer, they won't do it.[/quote]

                Well they just dropped their hands off of Qt (major role in their new platform) what would hold them in selling anything that makes kching??

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                  ucomesdag
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                  A new rumor on the subject on tweakers.net:

                  "Microsoft buys Nokia phones division for 19 billion U.S. dollars":http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://tweakers.net/nieuws/74813/microsoft-koopt-telefoonafdeling-nokia-voor-19-miljard-dollar.html&usg=ALkJrhjhlcUZBT6y3uwKi_MIQk7qzOlmlQ

                  "Tweet the article refers to":https://twitter.com/#!/eldarmurtazin/status/75664430670680065

                  Write “Qt”, not “QT” (QuickTime).

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                    andre
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                    Same Russian source, by the way. I hope he is wrong...

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                      ucomesdag
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                      [quote author="Andre" date="1306953303"]Same Russian source, by the way. I hope he is wrong...[/quote]
                      I totally second that... I just wonder what will be left of Nokia if they would sell.

                      Write “Qt”, not “QT” (QuickTime).

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                        kidproquo
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                        From the D9 interview with Stephen Elop:

                        Stephen: "We will remain in possession of the hardware business. The rumors are baseless."

                        Stephen: "It doesn't make sense when you think about it. Look at the synergies between the companies -- if you sell, you destroy value in the process."

                        I think that settles that rumour, at least for now.

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                          lgeyer
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                          "Tomi Ahonen":http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/ has recently published an interesting article about possible Nokia buyouts: "Quick Thoughts on Nokia as Takeover Target":http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/2012/06/quick-thoughts-on-nokia-as-takeover-target-samsung-facebook-microsoft-and-others.html.

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                            miroslav
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                            Tomi Ahonen is always an enjoyable read :-)

                            Mirko Boehm | mirko@kde.org | KDE e.V.
                            FSFE Fellow
                            Qt Certified Specialist

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