tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815867514277794362.post8197409105249690279..comments2024-03-08T06:18:28.125+11:00Comments on Bronte Capital: Trina Solar and the meaning of "strategic partnership"John Hemptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766274392122783128noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815867514277794362.post-20744730029924695922011-10-15T15:00:37.947+11:002011-10-15T15:00:37.947+11:00Actually, for Microsoft "partner" can me...Actually, for Microsoft "partner" can mean multiple things.<br /><br />High ranking technical people inside the company are (or were) called "partners".<br /><br />But many of Microsoft's products are not sold to end users, but rather to some entity that will integrate the software with hardware and sell the result on.<br />So in a very real sense, Dell or Jo's Whitebox Computers are "partners" in that they are in practice very much joint producers of the end-consumer product.<br /><br />It really is very different from a supplier of some component selling to a large Mfg, since what the customer largely sees is Windows or Office.<br /><br />But it's also a very common commercial relationship, and effectively every computer maker on Earth (at times in history including Apple) is a "partner" of Microsoft.<br /><br />So no, saying that you have a partnership with them doesn't normally warrant a press release, though your marketing materials will surely point out that your PC runs windows or your phone win phone 7.5.Bryan Willmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815867514277794362.post-85597088162391705562011-08-21T10:39:50.570+10:002011-08-21T10:39:50.570+10:00Tom: absolutely fair comment...Tom: absolutely fair comment...John Hemptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03766274392122783128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815867514277794362.post-2321473081862458852011-08-21T10:32:26.425+10:002011-08-21T10:32:26.425+10:00Trina at least produces real solar panels.
But a ...Trina at least produces real solar panels.<br /><br />But a lot of these fraudulent Chinese companies seem to produce more press releases than they do products!Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815867514277794362.post-84384136406756836192011-08-20T04:59:05.454+10:002011-08-20T04:59:05.454+10:00This sort of thing was popular during the dot-com ...This sort of thing was popular during the dot-com era too.<br /><br />If you've got a great partnership with some other company, pound the table about it; if not, pound the table about your great customers; if you don't have any of those, pound the table about your suppliers. And I suppose if you don't have any of THOSE, pound the table about those evil short-sellers.<br /><br />I seem to remember Diana Corp doing all of those at various points.jimmy jamesnoreply@blogger.com