I think Nokia was "bought", lock, stock, and barrel, by Microsoft's offer of billions of dollars in payments. The pitch would be "You can't lose selling devices running Microsoft software - the best known name in the world." There was probably advance knowledge/discussion of the long term goal - Metro converging with the desktop. There was the offer of a close relationship, where Nokia gets input into OS design, gets dispensation to modify the hardware specs to some degree. Really, for someone naive it would appear an attractive offer.

Just looking at the deal superficially: Well-known software giant Company X makes this kind of offer, who could turn it down? The problem was, Company X is Microsoft, and you can't trust them, and their track record in phones has gone off the track. Nokia was seduced like a sucker at a carnival. They bought the snake oil from the huckster, but it didn't cure their gout.

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