Microsoft and NOKIA announce formation of MiNOKIA Corporation

Posted by DomainGang on September 3, 2013, at 3:01 pm

Markets jumped following the announcement of the $7.2 billion dollar acquisition of Finnish cellphone manufacturer, NOKIA, by Microsoft. NOKIA stock was up more than 30% while Microsoft was dealt a drop of 5% as investors were anxiously awaiting the details of the NOKIA acquisition. “We are forming a new entity, MiNOKIA, and plan to converge […]

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Strange coincidence: Steve Jobs resigns right before a major Linux event

Posted by DomainGang on August 26, 2011, at 12:05 am

Today marks the 20th anniversary of Linux, the brainchild of Linus Torvalds who announced the availability of a very basic Linux kernel on August 25, 1991. The announcement was made on comp.os.minix – a Usenet newsgroup. Those were the days before the world wide web existed. ” I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a […]

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Microsoft and NOKIA announce formation of MiNOKIA Corporation

Strange coincidence: Steve Jobs resigns right before a major Linux event

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