"I can't think of any company which would want to hire him based on what he's achieved after Nokia."
I don't know about that. I can picture a conversation like this playing out.
"Sooo... Our current product line is crap, we've gotten rid of all of our engineers and replaced them with extra layers of middle management, and our previous CEO ran off with everything of value including that sweet rolly-chair from my office. What do we do now?"
"There's only one thing we can do. We hire Elop. What's left of the company will burn so brightly that everything will look like it was his fault and we can slip away unnoticed."
It's all about playing to your strengths, whatever they happen to be.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
