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
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Fun.
Would be interested in your take on Vodafone/Verizon if you have time.
John,
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 ;))
Regards,
Dmitry.
"over $7bn is spent on used retro goods": I've only just realised that that is an allusion to Kevin Rudd.
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
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