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Nokia shareholder ‘revolt’ against Microsoft WP7 deal ends after a day (Plan B is a hoax)

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MJF
Mary Jo Foley
Feb 17, 2011

“The much-ballyhooed Nokia shareholder “revolt” over Nokia’s
Windows Phone 7 adoption plan is over, a day after it began.

“Update: It turns out the “revolt” was nothing but a hoax. The
Plan B blog page was taken down on began redirecting to a
@NokiaPlanB Twitter account on February 16. A tweet revealed the
alleged ruse, and the alleged creator of the hoax claimed to be
nothing but a “very bored engineer who really likes his iPhone.” I
have no idea what’s real here — including the latest claim
about his/her occupation and choice of phone.”


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Mary Jo Foley

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