Microsoft and Nokia 'like bolting two sinking ships together' warns ex-BT CTO

Charlee Gothard
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And Microsoft product packaging 'looks like a bloody Cornflake packet' says Cochrane

Ex-BT CTO and futurist Peter Cochrane believes Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia could be "like bolting two sinking ships together" as he urged the company to rethink its "gaudy and horrible" brandi...

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