The (Big) Problem With RIM

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday September 18, 2011 @12:14AM from the rim-can't-get-an-edge dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Research in Motion, by all accounts, had a terrible week. But things might get even worse. The Canadian technology company posted dismal quarterly earnings numbers, missing revenue and sales targets, while margins continued to shrink. Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis conceded the PlayBook had been thwarted by a lack of apps and content, not necessarily by a weak platform. Like Apple with its iOS, and Microsoft with Windows, creating a successful platform will be dependent on the eco-system it supports, but RIM hasn't shown ability to foster that." Speculation has begun as to whether or not RIM will wind up having a PlayBook firesale in the same vein as the TouchPad.

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Re:Market fragmentation by Anonymous Coward · 2011-09-18 02:37 · Score: 0, Troll

There is no Stockholm Syndrome with regard to Apple's products. Nobody is pointing a gun or threating any once live when one does not use Apple's products. If there is even a remote effect of the Stockholm Syndrome present with respect to an IT brand it must be with regard to Microsoft. It has held the whole pc world hostage since the decline of the home computer market. Only now the reign of Microsoft is slowly fading giving us users more of a choice again. Mostly thanks to Google, Mozilla and Apple.