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The best thing RIM has going for it right now is they waited so long to compete they might actually be able to leap frog the competition if the execute well. Bo
by jsz0 14y ago
The best thing RIM has going for it right now is they waited so long to compete they might actually be able to leap frog the competition if the execute well. Both Apple and Google now have quite a big of legacy baggage to deal with in their mobile operating systems. If RIM has built BB10 off the lessons learned from iOS/Android over the last 5 years they could solve some big problems in one swoop. Things that would take Apple/Google years to fix simply because of the legacy baggage they have accumulated. It's not terribly likely but possible. I haven't seen enough of BB10 to know if they are on the right track or not. The delays are probably encouraging in this respect because it shows RIM isn't rushing to just match iOS/Android. They could have done that years ago if not just by adopting Android and throwing some customizations on top of it.
- meric 14y agoIt is practically impossible but not totally impossible. I don't think you can change a company's culture that quickly.
- mikeash 14y agoCan you talk about what you see as the legacy baggage in iOS/Android that BB could potentially fix? I don't see it, but maybe I'm just too close to them.
- clumsysmurf 14y agoAndroid: Gingerbread
- keeperofdakeys 14y agoI didn't realise just how horrible the numbers still are http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html. While Ice Cream Sandwich certainly is catching up, it will probably be 12 months before has a significant market share. It must be said though that the return 6-month release cycle should help deal with some of the issues, Gingerbread was around as the latest release enough to stagnate. I also don't think Google will ditch the ICS/Holo theming for a while, so ICS should 'age' quite well (not to mention the less then minor changes in the notification window over 4.1 and 4.2 though).
- jbooth 14y agoOne man's legacy baggage is another man's lessons learned, bugfixes and institutional knowledge.
- onetwothreefour 14y agoYou could answer your own question in 10 minutes by downloading the BB10 emulator. There's no need to speculate: the answer is no.