Nokia’s manufacturing plant in Chennai, India will not change hands with Microsoft acquisition

Tomorrow will mark the beginning and the end of an era in technology. The beginning is marked by Microsoft becoming a first-party manufacturer of actual products, all the way down to sourcing many of the raw materials used in the process.



Roughly half of the 30,000+ employees that will be added to Microsoft’s payroll will be involved in the physical act of making stuff, another large portion involved in the global distribution chain of those finished products.



Somewhere around 4,500 people in Finland will see the “payer” information on their paycheck switch to Microsoft and a somewhat ...



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