Rob Enderle
Rob Enderle
Rob Enderleis an American technology analyst...
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That may lower the attractiveness of the offering. Right now, we're getting all of the good news. When it's released is when we'll get the bad news. It's in the hype stage.
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They put in a number of their top assets to really turn the group around. Going forward, they have a team that can execute and meet their dates.
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A major brand entering the space is always going to be problematic for anyone who is already there. People are likely to be there shopping and they could easily be pulled into a digital music experience.
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With these devices content is king, ... The more content you can get on them, the more valuable they are.
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Walker Digital doesn't look like much more than an idea house that comes up with ideas, then sues people who come up with similar ones. I think that kind of behavior is very similar to what happened on the high seas with pirates. It's being done under the auspices of a legitimate business practice, but in fact it's concealing behavior that is anything but fair business practice.
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When you've got multiple players going after a property, like anything, you get increased competition and people tend to bid higher.
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We're seeing cell phone growth from ages 8 and 9 on.
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We're right now at the forefront of another major change.
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Whenever you confuse the consumer, they defer purchases.
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Whenever the largest online retailer makes a decision, it's going to be a big deal. They're the bellwether for their segment. What they do, others will likely do or consider doing.
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Whenever Microsoft wins one in this space, it's the little guy winning.
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Intellectual property litigation has been increasing steadily for the last several years. As a result, indemnification against this litigation not only has become a requirement for any technology purchase, it strongly pushes companies toward the buy side of the build-versus-buy decision. Microsoft's indemnification stands as one of the most comprehensive in the market, setting a high bar for competing platforms.
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I have trouble finding a study without it quickly being disqualified by who funded it,
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Because the litigation has become so much of what they are, the lawsuits tend to eclipse anything else they try to do. And if it goes bad for them with IBM, I doubt anything they do with software will be able to save them.