Nokia Dumps CEO, Hires Microsoft Exec

Nokia has upgraded its CEO to a familiar Microsoft branded version. The old CEO has been completely uninstalled, sent to trash bin.

Elop, head of Microsoft's business division, has held top posts at Juniper Networks Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Inc. He takes over Sept. 21, the company said Friday. Analysts welcomed the choice of the 46-year-old Canadian, who has worked closely with Nokia at Microsoft and Macromedia with developing the Symbian software platform for Nokia phones and delivering Flash player memory capabilities on Nokia devices.

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