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Sounds like BB didn't stand a chance. > iOS is basically MacOS-light Yeah, I often forget that Apple had years and years of building engineering expertise aro
by pm90 8y ago
Sounds like BB didn't stand a chance.
> iOS is basically MacOS-light
Yeah, I often forget that Apple had years and years of building engineering expertise around Operating Systems (MacOS) and Embedded Hardware (iPod) which they smartly leveraged into iOS. Google had something similar, but for different reasons (Google Research, ChromeOS etc.).
I wonder what the best course of action would have been. If the CEO's had recognized the futility of a fight, and had pivoted the company into an App company (BB messenger was extremely popular) or had adopted Android earlier ...