Reply to post: the end of the road.

Microsoft swings axe at 18,000 bods in its largest ever round of layoffs

gryff

the end of the road.

Looks like all low end development is gone (Beijing and Oulu cuts)

All European sites outside Finland are gone (except Lund which was a recent acquisition).

San Diego cut back down to "just certify everyone else's R&D"

MS would have probably cut more in China except for the Chinese government.

So now its making showcases for WinPho and Microsoft's "digital offerings"...in which case why not shutdown the whole Nokia acquisition and outsource it to Foxconn? Because MS isn't going for market share or profit on the basis of these announcements...

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