grte@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 2 days agoHow BlackBerry Staged a Comeback by Winning Over Car Companies | The Walrusthewalrus.caexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up142
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minus-squareProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoWith that kind of patent portfolio they could have survived and prospered on licensing fees alone. A pure Friedman company - all income and almost no expenditure, almost pure profit margin. Can’t get more Friedman than that.
minus-squarebaines@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoyep, for them to have made 900mil means it was likely worth so much more like selling a discogrophy something kinda fishy maybe china spooked them
minus-squareProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 hours agoThe patents were probably beyond their best before date.
With that kind of patent portfolio they could have survived and prospered on licensing fees alone. A pure Friedman company - all income and almost no expenditure, almost pure profit margin. Can’t get more Friedman than that.
yep, for them to have made 900mil means it was likely worth so much more
like selling a discogrophy
something kinda fishy
maybe china spooked them
The patents were probably beyond their best before date.
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