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They did subsidize a number of major apps that come over to BlackBerry.

• kabdib 12y ago
  On the other hand, it's probably cheaper to buy a congressman or senator than it is to pay a developer to port an app.
  • declan 12y ago
    Exactly right. I noticed this many times when living in DC. There's even a study that puts numbers on the ROI for politician-purchasing: "In a recent study, researchers Raquel Alexander and Susan Scholz calculated the total amount the corporations saved from the lower tax rate. They compared the taxes saved to the amount the firms spent lobbying for the law. Their research showed the return on lobbying for those multinational corporations was 22,000 percent. That means for every dollar spent on lobbying, the companies got $220 in tax benefits." http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/01/06/144737864/forget-stocks-or-bonds-invest-in-a-lobbyist http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/01/06/144737864/forget-s...
    • droope 12y ago
      holy shit
• noarchy 12y ago
  >They did subsidize a number of major apps that come over to BlackBerry. Subsidized, and even subsequently outsourced development to other companies, though I realize this isn't necessarily unusual. It just isn't made public.