http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/01/18/is-blackberry-the-new-novell/ Navigating through the intersections of business and technology Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:36:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/01/18/is-blackberry-the-new-novell/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Thom Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:49:11 +0000 http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=804#comment-31 John, thanks for your comment. I think Microsoft will step into the gap - seriously. After seeing some of the changes that Win7 Mobile brings to play I think that Microsoft will finally start getting things right. Just as it took time for the XBox platform to take hold and is now a very strong gaming platform so too will the Win7 Phone start right the ship. I've been a Windows Mobile user for a long time and I think Microsoft's Three Screens (PC, Phone, Browser) and the Cloud strategy will pay significant dividends in the long run. Full Disclosure: I recently accepted a job with Microsoft and I've already seen some cool things that will soon be coming out. John, thanks for your comment. I think Microsoft will step into the gap – seriously. After seeing some of the changes that Win7 Mobile brings to play I think that Microsoft will finally start getting things right. Just as it took time for the XBox platform to take hold and is now a very strong gaming platform so too will the Win7 Phone start right the ship. I’ve been a Windows Mobile user for a long time and I think Microsoft’s Three Screens (PC, Phone, Browser) and the Cloud strategy will pay significant dividends in the long run.
Full Disclosure: I recently accepted a job with Microsoft and I’ve already seen some cool things that will soon be coming out.

]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/01/18/is-blackberry-the-new-novell/comment-page-1/#comment-14 John Refford Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:02:06 +0000 http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=804#comment-14 Nice article Thom. You raise some nice questions about RIM and draw interesting parallels to Palm. We run a BES server and it has not been supplanted by Apple (yet) although it is banging on the door and wants to come inside the data center. As a Droid owner, I think the battle for the consumer market is just starting and Google's open platform is going to give Apple a run for it. But who will step into the enterprise, or will RIM respond? -John [@] refford [dot] com Nice article Thom. You raise some nice questions about RIM and draw interesting parallels to Palm. We run a BES server and it has not been supplanted by Apple (yet) although it is banging on the door and wants to come inside the data center. As a Droid owner, I think the battle for the consumer market is just starting and Google’s open platform is going to give Apple a run for it. But who will step into the enterprise, or will RIM respond?
-John [@] refford [dot] com

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