As RIM continues to fall behind Apple, investors call for ouster of co-CEOs

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/05/30/as_rim_continues_to_fall_behind_apple_investors_call_for_ouster_of_co_ceos.html

by evo_9 • 15 years ago

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suneliot• 15 years ago

for full disclosure, i used to work at RIM and it was a great company to work for.

i think this article nails one aspect of RIM's downfalls really well. they're stuck in the past. but the reason why this is the case isn't because their technology is outdated or that they're too stubborn to move forward. they're just slow. really REALLY slow.

even while i was working for the company (in their northern CA office), everything was slow. decision making, development, pushing a product out. for example, take the playbook. it took them over half a year to move the playbook from announcement into the hands of users. with the market for tablets heating up rapidly, that was just way too much time.

another thing that causes this slowdown is RIM's lack of silicon valley presence. they have one small contingency out in redwood shores but that's it. sure, you can argue that RIM is located in the heart of canada's engineering capital, but that's still no silicon valley.

As RIM continues to fall behind Apple, investors call for ouster of co-CEOs

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