09-20-2013, 01:27 PM
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ALL ABOARD!
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Blackberry Cutting 4500 Jobs (40% of workforce)
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@CNBC: BREAKING: BlackBerry sees Q2 loss of ($0.47)-($0.51) ex-items; company cutting 4,500 jobs or 40% of its workforce. $BBRY
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https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/381136157847080960
More to come I'm sure. BBM for Android and iPhone tomorrow....
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09-20-2013, 01:30 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Calgary, AB
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Trading has just been halted. Looks like the sale is coming
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09-20-2013, 01:30 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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The end is coming.
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09-20-2013, 01:31 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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Wow that's terrible, can't say I'm surprised though.
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09-20-2013, 01:37 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Hahaha this had to happen given that I bought a Z10 like 3 days ago.
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09-20-2013, 01:39 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Not sure
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To damn bad. First Nortel and now BB. Sad day for Canadian tech sector. Very sad. No doubt going to get scooped up by the US.
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09-20-2013, 01:40 PM
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Franchise Player
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Man, another 20% down. Mind you, that's just 2 bucks. Not much left to drop.
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09-20-2013, 01:52 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis
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"Think I'm gonna be the scapegoat for the whole damn machine? Sheeee......."
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09-20-2013, 02:06 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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So what happens if you have a blackberry and they go under? I get that there won't be anymore software updates and things like that, but otherwise it all works and everything right?
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09-20-2013, 02:07 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: A small painted room
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I knew they were desperate when they came up with this:
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09-20-2013, 02:10 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada
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It's been sad watching the slow, painful death of what was once one of the most innovative companies worldwide.
Of course, the human cost is terrible as well. No doubt I'll know some of those people affected by the job cuts.
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09-20-2013, 02:11 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Nortel of the new millennium. Moral of the story? Don't bet on Canadian tech.
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09-20-2013, 02:12 PM
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ALL ABOARD!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slava
So what happens if you have a blackberry and they go under? I get that there won't be anymore software updates and things like that, but otherwise it all works and everything right?
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Sounds like they're not going under right now. Focusing on enterprise level devices.
I thought BBM and other services ran through their servers? I'm guessing that would shut down or someone else would buy that from them to operate and mine your personal data. 
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09-20-2013, 02:17 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Well the main thing is that the 10.2 operating system was supposed to come out any week now and who knows if that's all gone by the wayside now.
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09-20-2013, 02:22 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Supporting Urban Sprawl
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slava
So what happens if you have a blackberry and they go under? I get that there won't be anymore software updates and things like that, but otherwise it all works and everything right?
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Actually, the way mail flows for Blackberry, you might actually be hooped.
I really doubt it gets that bad for them though, as I assume (maybe wrongly) that the fees they get from carriers are enough to support that service.
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09-20-2013, 02:23 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 19Yzerman19
Well the main thing is that the 10.2 operating system was supposed to come out any week now and who knows if that's all gone by the wayside now.
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It might come next year. When was the last time Blackberry ever released an update close to on time
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09-20-2013, 02:27 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Supporting Urban Sprawl
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The answer is always next year when it comes to Blackberry OS updates.
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09-20-2013, 02:38 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KTrain
Sounds like they're not going under right now. Focusing on enterprise level devices.
I thought BBM and other services ran through their servers? I'm guessing that would shut down or someone else would buy that from them to operate and mine your personal data. |
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Originally Posted by Rathji
Actually, the way mail flows for Blackberry, you might actually be hooped.
I really doubt it gets that bad for them though, as I assume (maybe wrongly) that the fees they get from carriers are enough to support that service.
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No, I know that they're not going under here. I guess I just hear about these blackberry outages and figure that I might be screwed if they did go under, or the company was bought and they didn't support the phones anymore. I have no idea. Just debating if now is the time to make the jump to Samsung or something.
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09-20-2013, 03:21 PM
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wins 10 internets
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: slightly to the left
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If only Balsille was as interested in running a successful company as he was in trying to buy a hockey team
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