02-28-2004, 07:40 PM
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Motorola Rolls Dice on Microsoft Deal
"Motorola needed Microsoft because its own operating software wasn’t ready and it couldn’t afford to miss the market shift to smart phones. Microsoft needed Motorola as a foothold in the wireless market, a key new growth front for the company.
...New Motorola CEO Edward Zander, a veteran of Microsoft archrival Sun Microsystems Inc., knows the risks. He’s betting that Motorola’s software will be ready for the mass market before Windows attracts a wireless following, and that he can spin away from Microsoft intact."
Motorola has spent a lot of time and energy building and marketing their handsets. I find it hard to believe that it was only meant to fill time. Why choose Microsoft and give them a leg up? Motorola has Symbian devices, and until recently, they had a 19% share in Symbian. So why not just keep using Symbian until your OS is ready? This just doesn't sound right to me and I hope it's not true. Motorola has brought the best designed hardware that we've seen in a long time. It would be a shame if the partnership ended so early.
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