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If Facebook buys RIM, we're screwed.
by lucianm 14y ago
If Facebook buys RIM, we're screwed.
- objclxt 14y agoI think more aptly, if Facebook buys RIM they're screwed. It's just crazy talk. Facebook has a headcount of 3,500, and people seriously think they can feasible buy out RIM, with 17,500 people, and then just magically integrate them and poof produce a great phone? It's madness. If you take the article at face value, Facebook have already tried developing their own hardware and had it implode due to a lack of experience. So for the author to seriously suggest the solution should be to acquire HTC or RIM when Facebook have equally little experience doing large mergers and acquisitions makes no sense to me.
- HorizonXP 14y agoTBH, if Facebook was serious about producing their own phone, buying RIM and letting it operate as a subsidiary would be a wise move. RIM/QNX make great hardware and (now) software. No one would disagree that they need help on the user experience side of things. They've made great strides in this area too, but that's where Facebook can help. RIM can stick to what it's good at. That said, I really hope that doesn't happen.