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With no experience rolling subscriber access silicon or MMIC this is likely to have comedic results.
by kw71 8y ago
With no experience rolling subscriber access silicon or MMIC this is likely to have comedic results.
- godzillabrennus 8y agoThey can afford to pay to learn.
- cinquemb 8y agoThis seems like something that should have been pursued at scale (have they?) years ago when markets were in full swing of smart phone growth rather when they are starting to contract? Oh well, we'll hear Q2 earnings in a couple of hours.
- aaronbrethorst 8y agoSteve Ballmer agrees wholeheartedly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eywi0h_Y5_U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eywi0h_Y5_U
- dang 8y agoPlease don't post flamebait.
- igravious 8y agoTypical Apple fanboy link.
- aaronbrethorst 8y agoMy Google Pixel disagrees with you, but you do you, bro.
- igravious 8y agoI'm not saying you're an Apple fanboy, I'm saying the link is. But if your counter-point was “They laughed at the iPhone and look how successful that was” then posting Steve Ballmer's response to the iPhone (a YouTube video titled “Ballmer Laughs at iPhone”) is dumb because he of all people is hardly going to have said, ”Wow that sure is an amazing phone Apple just produced, Windows Phone sucks in comparison”
- scarface74 8y agoLet's look at the difference between Ballmers reaction to the iPhone and Gates reaction to iTunes. http://allthingsd.com/20100211/bill-gates-on-itunes/ http://allthingsd.com/20100211/bill-gates-on-itunes/
- igravious 8y agoInteresting, quite the contrast. I guess that Gates spoke so freely because this was an internal memo and off the record to the best of his knowledge–and Ballmers is putting on a brave public face. I like how Gates is honest about he knows and what he doesn't know. Funny, back in the day I really really liked eMusic, I wonder if Microsoft ever considered buying them.
- scarface74 8y agoEMusic wouldn't have solved the problem that Gates mentioned. Apple has negotiated rights with all of the major labels. EMusic just had independent artists. What's even funnier that iTunes came out at a time where there were already subscription based services and they all basically failed. Years later Spotify was able to come along and be successful.
- madeofpalk 8y agoWasn't that the exact response when Apple introduced the iPhone? "They have no experience making cell phones!"