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It's off-putting how he mentions "business won't like this". Like, they're the only market that matters. This aligns pretty well with my negative experiences wi
by NovaS1X 10y ago
It's off-putting how he mentions "business won't like this". Like, they're the only market that matters. This aligns pretty well with my negative experiences with Microsoft products. It's an all businessmen/sales mentality.
Maybe it was hard for them to see that consumer hardware/software would become the predominant force in modern tech.
- toast0 10y agoBusiness was the vast majority of who was buying smartphones at the time.
- stouset 10y agoAnd their failure to predict, understand, or react to that shift in the market is precisely why they're in the position they are today.
- wvenable 10y agoIt should have been obvious from RIM's early success in the consumer market, for which they didn't try for or really support, that smartphones were well on their way to being a major consumer product. Microsoft themselves used the strategy of Windows at home and at school to sell to Windows to businesses (and vice-versa).