For Activision? Seriously, will we ever get proof of such a thing? That's not the world we live in. We'll never get proof of that, but it is common sense,
especially when there's precedence.
This is Microsoft 101. It is their long-time strategy. They did this before as well. Now they did it again.
Do you not know what happened with Nokia and Stephen Elop?
Here is a quick rundown:
- Balmer and Gates met Elop multiple times and poached him.
- Elop worked at Microsoft in key positions.
- In August 2009, under his presidency, Elop's department partnered with Nokia to bring Microsoft Office Mobile to Symbian OS.
- In September 2010, Elop left Microsoft to join Nokia as CEO.
- Just ~5 months later, Elop announced a new strategy for Nokia that was mainly about phasing out Symbian OS and shifting to Microsoft's Windows Phone.
- In 2011, Elop laid off 11,000 Nokia employees.
- In 2012, Elop laid off a further 10,000 Nokia employees.
- Nokia's stock price dropped 62%. Their market share fell from 33% to 3%.
- Just a year later, in June 2013, it was reported that Nokia and Microsoft were in the final stages of the acquisition.
- In September 2013, Microsoft announced Nokia's acquisition.
I never said that I have proof of Yabarra acting as a mole. You shared your opinion; I shared mine.
We can choose to live in a fool's paradise, but it is really laid bare in front of us. It is similar to how people were saying for years that Game Pass cannibalizes game sales, and others were saying, "do you have proof? No? Then no, Game Pass does not cannibalize game sales."
We rarely get proof of such things. But we have common sense and logic that we can use to connect the dots -- especially when the exact same things have happened before.
ChorizoPicozo
- exactly. Didn't see your reply, but I just posted this.