Microsoft released the convenience rollup update for Windows 7 last week in order to make it easier for users to keep their computers up-to-date.
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The US company said it would shed up to 1,850 jobs, majority in Finland, and write down USD950 million from the business.
The decision means Microsoft scraps what was left in Finland of Nokia’s former glory as the world’s top mobile phone maker. Finland is where most of the job cuts will have an impact.
This is effectively the end of Microsoft’s Nokia. There will also be up to 500 additional jobs trimmed worldwide.
The restructure will cost approximately $950 million, with around $200 million expected to be dished out in the form of severance payments. Last year, Microsoft announced a $7.5 billion write-down having to do with the Nokia deal, demonstrating how quickly the deal soured.
While Nokia might struggle with its Android plans, Google’s operating system claimed a huge chunk of global smartphone sales in the first quarter.
Rumors about a Surface Phone are quite rife and if such is the case then Microsoft might not have finally given up on the phone division. It shows trending complaints, segregated in fields like Start Menu, Microsoft Edge and other depending on what the users are most complaining about.
“They are basically giving up on the consumer”, Mr. Delaney said. He failed time and time again until he finally hit the right formula. Is Microsoft pulling a fast one?
In an email to all Microsoft employees sent early Wednesday, Terry Myerson, executive vice president of the company’s Windows and devices group, described the cuts as “incredibly difficult” but said that Microsoft needed “to be more focused in our phone hardware efforts”. We will continue to innovate across devices and on our cloud services across all mobile platforms. That includes businesses that want to use Microsoft’s technology to manage and secure devices on their corporate networks. We’ll get to know more about the changes during Microsoft’s fourth-quarter earnings announcement on July 19. They succeeded until now because they were the only place to turn.
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At the time, Windows Phone was flagging, and held just a 3 percent share of the mobile market.
