RIM Job
Chapter: Random
To paraphrase a quote:
“RIM burns while Nero fiddles.”
Thoughts on RIM? Will they turn it around? Or are they down for the count? Share your missives in the comments below!
-Krishna
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Tell me what you think!
qka
July 15, 2012 at 10:50 pmI don’t care about RIM, but I hope QNX survives.
Chris
July 16, 2012 at 9:06 amI just don’t see them being any sort of market leader again. Between iOS and Android its going to be near impossible for them. Microsoft has better leverage with upcoming windows 8 but I even doubt they will make a ripple in the tidal wave of the big 2 now.
David
July 16, 2012 at 9:40 amThey are done. Our company is in process of decommissioning our BB Enterprise servers due to lack of use. We used to only use BBs. Now we have like 50 company wide that we are replacing with either iPhones or Android phones.
Bob Forsberg
July 16, 2012 at 10:36 amA textbook case of what happens to a great idea lacking continued innovation.
Jon
July 16, 2012 at 12:56 pmThere are large enterprise IT departments that will continue to buy RIM BBs for as long as they are for sale; part of the reason is Applephobia / Linuxphobia.
SDWhiteboy
July 16, 2012 at 2:18 pmIn my book, RIM was dead 5 years ago.
Aaron
July 16, 2012 at 5:36 pmThat is one RIM job that I’ll take a pass on.
Krishna
July 16, 2012 at 9:46 pmIf RIM comes back (and that’s a big IF) it could be a bigger turn-around than Apple. But I just don’t see it happening. Whatever major release they put out next can’t just be a “catch up” device. Given the layoffs and the brain drain at RIM, the likelihood of a comeback is ever so slim.
hari
July 17, 2012 at 6:20 amResearch in Motion just became Research in Loose Motion?
Sorry couldn’t resist. :p