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>>Even Microsoft is failing at this. How much evidence does a company need to see that their strategy was doomed? The BB, Nokia, HTC etc problem is one of cash
by bsullivan01 13y ago
>>Even Microsoft is failing at this. How much evidence does a company need to see that their strategy was doomed?
The BB, Nokia, HTC etc problem is one of cash /runaway. Nokia was almost broke and how many $950M loss quarters can BB take? Not that many. Microsoft can keep bankrolling Windows Phones for a decade waiting for iPhone and Android to make mistakes and no one will even question them.
Look at what they've done for xBox and Bing.
- Touche 13y agoAren't they losing money on Bing, and are basically break even on Xbox? I predict Microsoft will eventually give up on Windows Phone and probably the consumer market in general. The momentum is overwhelmingly against them, but of course they'll go down with the ship almost all the way. What they should probably do is maintain an Android fork.
- JTon 13y agoAs long as WP adoption is growing (which is it) why give up?
- dham 13y agoI'm not a fan of Microsoft, but they have a reputation of throwing money at something for a long period of time and it succeeding.
- ZanyProgrammer 13y agoPeople keep saying this, but there's little evidence outside of the X Box.
- daliusd 13y agoBB can take 9-10 loss quarters (2.5 years) based on how much equity they have left. That's why they are looking for someone to buy them out.