Make coders develop Blackberry apps, says firm's boss
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Re: Make coders develop Blackberry apps, says firm's boss
#2So would their position be different if they were still the market leader?
Re: Make coders develop Blackberry apps, says firm's boss
#3forcing != free market
Re: Make coders develop Blackberry apps, says firm's boss
#4If this weren't from bbc I would assume that someone had misquoted the onion as a proper news source again. This argument seems pretty preposterous.
Re: Make coders develop Blackberry apps, says firm's boss
#5Microsoft subsidized development of some popular apps for Windows Phone (e.g., Angry Birds). They paid for these. They were necessary to claw away at some market share.
Chen seems to think he's entitled . . . and this is one reason why BlackBerry is utterly doomed. Now I wouldn't develop a BB app even if he paid me :-)
But while we're at it, maybe we do need some regulation, so we can hold app developers at gunpoint (because that's what laws do, in the final argument) and force them to cough up the goods. In fact, I have an old Palm Pilot VII in a box somewhere that is being discriminated against and would be perfectly useful if only it had some apps...
Re: Make coders develop Blackberry apps, says firm's boss
#6Wow. Ignorant or wilfully stupid?
We might as well argue that Blackberry be forced to run a common OS.
Re: Make coders develop Blackberry apps, says firm's boss
#7I almost don't believe he actually feels that way, but is simply so desperate at this point that he'll try anything. It'll be interesting to see if this news affects investor sentiment.
Re: Make coders develop Blackberry apps, says firm's boss
#8Wow, that's a horrible headline. Did anyone actually read the letter? His position is far less extreme. All hes essentially advocating for is open protocols so that popular services aren't locked down to a single platform. It's an interesting question whether government should mandate interoperability.
Re: Make coders develop Blackberry apps, says firm's boss
#9Microsoft subsidized development of some popular apps for Windows Phone (e.g., Angry Birds). They paid for these. They were necessary to claw away at some market share. Chen seems to think he's entitled . . . and this is one reason why BlackBerry is utterly doomed. Now I wouldn't develop a BB app even if he paid me :-) But while we're at it, maybe we do need some regulation, so we can hold app developers at gunpoint…
They did subsidize a number of major apps that come over to BlackBerry.
Re: Make coders develop Blackberry apps, says firm's boss
#10Microsoft subsidized development of some popular apps for Windows Phone (e.g., Angry Birds). They paid for these. They were necessary to claw away at some market share. Chen seems to think he's entitled . . . and this is one reason why BlackBerry is utterly doomed. Now I wouldn't develop a BB app even if he paid me :-) But while we're at it, maybe we do need some regulation, so we can hold app developers at gunpoint…
They did subsidize a number of major apps that come over to BlackBerry.
On the other hand, it's probably cheaper to buy a congressman or senator than it is to pay a developer to port an app.