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  • Microsoft threat against Nokia exaggerated

    07/17/2002 7:19:57 AM PDT · by JameRetief · 3 replies · 336+ views
    The Inquirer ^ | July 17, 2002 | Tony Dennis
    Nokia faces much bigger challengers than the Redmond Monster By Tony Dennis: Wednesday 17 July 2002, 14:28 THAT OLD CHESTNUT that Nokia is frightened by Bill Gates' shadow was trotted out again in today's Financial Times. The claim is that Microsoft will mutate the handset market so that it resembles the PC industry where margins on hardware are minute while software margins stay high. Apparently there's a danger that Microsoft could help to commoditise the handset market. Eh? Global handset sales are already around 400 million units compared to 120 million at most for PC sales. Which is the commodity?...