They don't have much else to do, if you think about it. MS still hopes to gain a foothold in mobile, and being "the OS that killed world's bigger phone maker" would be a nail in the coffin. Nokia was indeed going south, very fast.
But then again, MS missed the mobile train about 3 times in a row (first being their abandoned "windows mobile" which actually poerformed better then winphone6/7 combined ;))
There is an element in tech companies that is not typically measured that is "coolness factor". If a company looses its coolness factor it is as important as if its products are low-quality. Take Microsoft. The Surface is not technologically disadvantaged, but if you loose the coolness factor, you're done, regardless of whether the technology is up to par. Oracle of Investing's site
Fun.
ReplyDeleteWould be interested in your take on Vodafone/Verizon if you have time.
John,
ReplyDeleteThey don't have much else to do, if you think about it. MS still hopes to gain a foothold in mobile, and being "the OS that killed world's bigger phone maker" would be a nail in the coffin. Nokia was indeed going south, very fast.
But then again, MS missed the mobile train about 3 times in a row (first being their abandoned "windows mobile" which actually poerformed better then winphone6/7 combined ;))
Regards,
Dmitry.
"over $7bn is spent on used retro goods": I've only just realised that that is an allusion to Kevin Rudd.
ReplyDeleteThere is an element in tech companies that is not typically measured that is "coolness factor". If a company looses its coolness factor it is as important as if its products are low-quality. Take Microsoft. The Surface is not technologically disadvantaged, but if you loose the coolness factor, you're done, regardless of whether the technology is up to par.
ReplyDeleteOracle of Investing's site