Message to Google Morons
February 18, 2011
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Maybe it's stupid, arrogant behavior like this that helped you lose the Nokia deal?
As momentum built over the coming weeks for a Microsoft deal, Nokia executives began to hint to Google executives that the company was leaning toward a deal with its rival.
Although their conversations were supposed to be confidential, Nokia executives were shocked when Vic Gundotra, a Google vice president, on Feb. 8 posted a message on his Twitter account that said: #feb11 "Two turkeys do not make an Eagle," an apparent reference to Nokia's investor conference on Feb. 11.
"I'm guessing they weren't happy with the way the decision was going," said Mr. Elop, who called Mr. Gundotra's message a "tweet bomb." He chimed in with his own tweet, comparing Nokia and Microsoft to the Wright Brothers: "Two bicycle makers, from Dayton Ohio, one day decided to fly.
(From this story http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703561604576150502994792270.html)
This isn't the first time Google execs have proven they don't know when to STHU. Maybe someone should take away their twitter keys, for the good of the business.
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