Comments on: I’m a scared, how ’bout you?

By: Tariq Khan

Tariq Khan — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:04:56 +0000

…There is nothing good about blackberry. GO MS!!

By: The Slothman

The Slothman — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 01:29:00 +0000

I’ve got friends in very low places! ;-)

By: Karl L. Gechlik

Karl L. Gechlik — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 01:12:00 +0000

sloth – that is some great investigative reporting worthy of either its iwn arty or at the very least an addon to this one!!

again AWESOME find! you are the man.

By: The Slothman

The Slothman — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 01:05:00 +0000

Update:

I have a friend of mine who works for RIM. I cannot say who he is, but he's middle management there and I wont say in what department either, but this was his opinion:

My opinion, and this is just my opinion - I have no inside knowledge of anything - is that Mike and Jim would rather die than sell the company, and would rather be eaten by ravenous wolves than sell to M$ especially. Honestly, I can't imagine it happening.

Take it for what it is worth....but that comes from a RIM insider.

My reply to him was as follows:

You guys are publicly traded...it is possible as a hostile take over...which would support the theory that MS would just destroy it and gut it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 22:46:00 +0000

dont try to play me out. this scares me as well want to start a petition stock holder, slothman, karl, or commodore?

By: The Slothman

The Slothman — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 03:20:00 +0000

Karl: Been procrastinating, but my proof of concept of the tools I need will work.

Now that the prices have come down…I just might get one next week!

By: Karl L. Gechlik

Karl L. Gechlik — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:12:00 +0000

Sloth lets just hope it doesn’t play out like that! Blackberry has become a household name could M$ destroy it in one fell swoop?

on another note have you gotten the shinny iPhone to work with exchange yet?

By: ImApissedOffToo

ImApissedOffToo — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:18:00 +0000

can i vote against it i own rim stock?

By: The Slothman

The Slothman — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:01:00 +0000

Karl Said: he wouldnt fuck with a good thing… would they?

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Here’s how it plays out…currently MS offers Push via Exchange and Winblows Mobile for free on devices to try and entice people to use their products over the superior RIM/Blackberry/BES model.

Buy it, and then they own the superior model, but they cannot profit off it from their other line of business applications that integrate with Mobile.

So they slowly kill it by not innovating it and then surprisingly you’ll find that their push from Exchange will be an add on….and well we know how this works from here don’t we.

It is the same thing that happened when the auto MFGs took over the trolley car operations in the big cities and then slowly dismantled them to force people to buy cars!

It’s old hat….

By: Karl L. Gechlik

Karl L. Gechlik — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:22:00 +0000

I think MS is gunning for RIM but I dont think they would change it up… the biz plan is solid just assimilate them change their name and keep it moving.

the wouldnt fuck with a good thing… would they?

this speculation has been around for a little while now and just seems to get stronger. how are stock prices looking?

By: Commodore

Commodore — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:07:00 +0000

I would have to agree with Slothman, Microsoft, Ironically, seems to hang off other companies’ coat tails. where as 10 years ago, everyone wanted to jump on the Microsoft Bandwagon. this is what’s called, on the streets of New York, PLAYED OUT!