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BlackBerry's CFO, CMO, and COO Leave Company
cagraham writes "In a pretty major executive shakeup, BlackBerry's Chief Financial Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, and Chief Operating Officer have all left the company. It's unclear whether the changes were brought about by new interim-CEO John Chen in order to facilitate company change, or represent an abandon-ship style exit after BlackBerry's failed bid to go private. The company announced that the CFO position would be filled by current SVP James Yersch, but gave no word on the other vacancies."
That's three more rim jobs available.
They shipped themselves out with the full security and convenience of cryptic golden parachutes.
I have a feeling that RIM is going to be the next company fought over in the Apple/Microsoft versus Google/Samsung patent wars...
That's not necessarily a sign of trouble at the company - they probably just wanted to spend more time with their families and maybe pursue some hobbies, just like all top executives that leave a company.
The CMO didn't do anything, did you see any ads for BlackBerry 10? The marketing for the "flagship" product never existed, because the CMO dropped the ball. I'm actually surprised the CFO is leaving, he's been with BlackBerry for a long time. I would expect there to be a top exec shuffle with a new CEO considering the old CXX execs were pretty useless.
It had to be done... It had to be said...
Somebody explain to me again how private enterprise is just in every way better and more efficient than government?
Linux, you magnificent bastard, I read the fucking manual!
EJECT! EJECT! EJECT!
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Way to twist my argument. It's just gospel these days that there's nothing government can do that private enterprise can't do better.
Except that, if you'd been paying attention, it seems that plenty of businesses, big and small, fuck up spectacularly and/or go down in blaze of glory (or whimper of acquisition).
So it seems to me that large, goal-oriented groups all have an equal chance of failure, whether there's a profit motive or not.
Yet, the mantra still is "Private enterprise is better than public." Wonder why that is.
Linux, you magnificent bastard, I read the fucking manual!
they've driften along nicely for three years already. the drain is in sight. they don't need a C-level to reach it.
if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
Somebody explain to me again how private enterprise is just in every way better and more efficient than government?
one word: healthcare.gov
Created by private enterprise on contract.
XML is a known as a key material required to create SMD: Software of Mass Destruction
Windows Phone is doing better than Blackberry at the moment. And given how Windows Phone is barely clinging to a fraction of marketshare, that's saying something. Blackberry is so bad at this point that a switch to Windows Phone would be an improvement!
My sci-fi novel, Ghost Thief, is now available from Amazon.com.
Managed by government agency, to a spectacular result: Noone is to blame, noone knows why, and noone is getting fired. Hooray!
Executive positions are some of the most generic jobs in the world, and anyone can fill them - in fact, executive decisions are no better than random.
Just give them to three of the most loyal janitors at RIM - I'm sure they would do no worse a job than any random super-rich executive in the US.
Somebody explain to me again how private enterprise is just in every way better and more efficient than government?
one word: healthcare.gov
Two letters: EA
The main difference are that when private enterprise raises money, the investment is voluntary, and when a private enterprise fails, they go away.
Life is harsh in the private sector. A moment of silence, please, for the following companies that failed and are presumably no longer in business:
General Motors
AIG
Bank of America
Citigroup
JPMorgan Chase
Wells Fargo
Chrysler
Goldman Sachs
Morgan Stanley
PNC Financial Services
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I disagree. The wow factor is gone from these devices and now it's just a matter of what you prefer to use. So many people have looked at my Windows phone and said: "Wow, that's slick. Looks very smooth and easy to use". These comments have mostly come from Android S3 users. One of these friends actually returned his S3 since he was still within the 14 day period they allow exchanges for.
As long as MS is willing to lose more money in the mobile market they will eventually break through. Their increase in the market mostly came from the recent Windows. The previous versions were garbage on both the hardware and software side.