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How BlackBerry Staged a Comeback by Winning Over Car Companies | The Walrus (thewalrus.ca)
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[–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Pure Friedman - all income, minimal expenditure - absolute highest profit margin. That was the direction a lot of big American companies took - close down and sell off manufacturing (minimize expenditures), make the profit on portfolios and licensing (maximize income).

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    That's not the direction RIM/BB has taken through it's history.

    I mean, it did try outsourcing manufacturing, but as a reactionary and emergency measure, rather than planned one.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    RIM/BB was a pure Canadian company. We do things differently up here. If RIM/BB had been sold, it would have been purchased for the patent portfolio, not the manufacturing capability. That is what pretty much happened to Northern Telecom/Nortel assets in the end liquidation.

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