More letters to RIM; employees rally alongside anonymous exec
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#2I bet there are a lot of people out there that see parallels between RIM and the companies they work for. Sadly, I don't think RIM is in any way unique and is more the norm than the exception.
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#3One thing that struck me as interesting is in the second letter, section 6:
There is so much secrecy in the company, no one knows anything about new things until we see it on the news. That means we’re not able to tell our friends and family anything about new things, and that reflects badly on RIM.
Is the reason it works for Apple so well and not for RIM because people anticipate Apple products more (i.e. the products are better), or because Apple are better at showbusiness, or both of the above, or something else?
I for one, despite being a huge Blackberry fan, never even realised there was any secrecy ahead of launches, I've never anticipated new product announcements or put much thought into what they would be.
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#4Revolution in Motion. (or as another comment has it Research in Mutiny).
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#5Does Angry Birds run on the Playbook? I bought a Gtablet (display sucks, but otherwise a powerful device). First thing anyone does when they try it out is to look for Angry Birds.
I'm getting the feeling the Playbook's selling point is "We don't need a youtube app, you can just browse YouTube inline!"
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#6The funny (and sad) thing is, RIM is currently limited in its options. If it responds again to these new letters, they'll just have more letters flying out. It was a huge mistake to respond to the first letter, no matter what they could have said.
Interestingly, I would hope the RIM employees who've written this letter (and the guy who wrote the first letter) would've started shorting stock. If RIM responds again, I'm sure as hell doing it.
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#7One thing that struck me as interesting is in the second letter, section 6: There is so much secrecy in the company, no one knows anything about new things until we see it on the news. That means we’re not able to tell our friends and family anything about new things, and that reflects badly on RIM. Is the reason it works for Apple so well and not for RIM because people anticipate Apple products more (i.e. the produc…
Actually I feel all the opposite. RIM talks too much about its upcoming products that people dont feel like buying whats on offer right now.
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#8I know a RIM exec personally (and leave it at that) and he mocked my iPhone for several years, calling it "fragile" and a "toy for children".
It's been only in the past month or so that he muttered something about the competition getting tough lately.
It just seems RIM leadership is extremely arrogant and proud. They see the train coming right at them, but are too afraid to make the radical blue ocean product that's required to save them.
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#9A more democratic company structure would probably help with these issues. It seems that a dictatorial structure allows the top execs to ignore all the underlings, to ignore the little people who actually do much of the work.
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#10Sounds like business as usual at a BigCo (founded in 1984).