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Microsoft reportedly plans to acquire BlackBerry
- ZanyProgrammer 11y agoIt'd make sense-though really MSFT should've done this years ago.
- bdcravens 11y agoMaybe, but depends on their goal. I don't think it's to enable the second coming of Blackberry phones.
- bluedino 11y agoWhat does Microstt have planned? They'd massively reduce headcount at Blackberry. What's the point of combining the two also-rans of the mobile phone industry?
- mzjs 11y agoWhat does blackberry even do? Haven't heard anything about them in several years.
- kozukumi 11y agoMore recently their purchase of QNX. It is pretty popular in RTOS circles, car entertainment systems and the like. I guess they could make sure of that somehow? And maybe some of their enterprise business stack? It does seem kind of strange though yeah.
- Someone 11y agoRecently? That was in 2010 (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_BlackBerry http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisiti...) Also, I don't think the OP would call buying companies "doing something". Looking at http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry_(company)#Strategic_changes_and_restructuring_.282011.E2.80.93present.29 http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry_(company)#Strategi..., a cynic would say it has been busy surviving while looking for a buyer.
- boyter 11y agoPotentially smart move. I always argued Oracle should buy them and have end to end business services. Hardware OS database language applications and integrated phone services. I guess the only thing Microsoft would be missing from the picture is the hardware, and they can always partner for that.
- nemo 11y agoMicrosoft - yesterday's technology, tomorrow.