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Dangerous relationships or how certain company went bankrupt because investing in Microsoft Smartphone August 31, 2004 [General] | By Edward J. R. Sometimes being in love with Microsoft may be dangerous... 
... particularly when "the other side" learns that you are spending their money on feeding Microsoft - their main competitor... ... so it happens that Canadian company Sierra Wireless is now in danger of being dumped by PalmOne as supplier of wireless modems for popular in USA Palm OS based smartphone - Treo 600. In fact this must be more than just a rumor, because stock price of Sierra Wireless is dropping hugely lately and it looks like Sierra Wireless could go bankrupt. Please note, that Sierra Wireless got grants from Canadian government but it certainly will not be enough to keep that company afloat... So what has Sierra Wireless done wrong? Well, they introduced Microsoft Smartphone device (so called "Voq" phone) that is in direct competition to Palm OS based smartphones and is powered by Microsoft's software. Since Voq phone is huge (a brick!) and lacks minimal requirement for cell phones nowadays - Bluetooth - most probably it will never bring positive return on investment for Sierra Wireless... So yes, some relationships may be dangerous... 
... and depending on behavior of certain Microsoft employees maybe we will reveal more... watch this space in coming months...  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 1 Comment ]
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