Microsoft to Cut 2,850 More Jobs in Exit from Phone Business

Re:Microsoft to Cut 2,850 More Jobs in Exit from Phone Business by Strom on Thursday July 28, 2016 @09:54PM (#12184585)

And when the big players (Apple, Samsung) and the Chinese commoditizers come into VR, what will HTC have?

You could say this about basically anything for any company. The threat of competition is always there. How about you give some examples of what HTC could be doing where the threat of competition doesn't exist.

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Re:Microsoft to Cut 2,850 More Jobs in Exit from Phone Business by coldtea on Friday July 29, 2016 @12:08AM (#12184966)

>You could say this about basically anything for any company

Nope, you can't say it for entrenched companies (and companies with diverse revenue sources).

You can't say it for Apple, you can't say it for Facebook, you can't say it for GM, you can't say for Samsung, ...

The threat of competition is always there. How about you give some examples of what HTC could be doing where the threat of competition doesn't exist.

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Re:Microsoft to Cut 2,850 More Jobs in Exit from Phone Business by Strom on Friday July 29, 2016 @06:14AM (#12185860)

Sure you can. Nokia was pretty entrenched in the phone business in 2007. Sony has very diverse revenue sources, yet most of them have dwindled due to competition.

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Re:Microsoft to Cut 2,850 More Jobs in Exit from Phone Business by coldtea on Friday July 29, 2016 @02:16PM (#12188748)

OK, how about: HTC's case is an order of magnitude worse? They're no Sony and not even Nokia.

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