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Microsoft's foray into phones was a bumbling, half-hearted fiasco, and Nadella always knew it

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Re: Hand up...

- Microsoft were spending huge amounts on acquisitions that they didn't understand and then struggled to integrate - between 2008 and 2016, they bought about 76 businesses. Microsoft's purpose was nothing more nor less than buying companies, and hoping for the best

3Com, towards the end, did the exact same thing, with varying success

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