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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 09 2013 @ 05:05 PM EST |
Got to be a risk factor. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, January 10 2013 @ 12:29 PM EST |
I'm the OP on this comment.
I'm not a fan of MS or Apple, but there's a bit of mis-
representation in saying that they intentionally aren't part
of standards...
They were both late to the game. MS was making phone
software for a long time, but not hardware, which was how
phones were viewed, and Apple entered a market with many
entrenched competitors. Strategically, Apple has an interest
in up-valuing their software-based patents and any other
forms of patent/protection they have, and in de-valuing
competitors' hardware-based patents because they have very
little to trade. Even more difficult for them is that what
they do have is important to their differentiation - the
look and feel - and it's hard to give that up without losing
their uniqueness. What they really need is some hardware
breakthrough, which I expect is why things like Siri are
attractive investment areas for them, then they could settle
with the old incumbents.
MS, I'm not so sure about, but maybe they are interested in
this because it weakens competitors, and the more they can
do to weaken competition the longer they can hold on to
their existing customers who would like to flee, if only
they could. Or maybe they'd really like to make phones
without paying anyone anything.
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