http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36515

It is about a NASDAQ stock that nearly doubled in one day because of one erroneous press release! Now, we have already gone round after round on this subject, but I still maintain that examples like this are clear proof of what I’m talking about. Investors rely heavily on media coverage to decide how they are going to invest. If for some reason (like say the fact that 90% of the writers all use the same brand of computer) media coverage of one particular company is consistently skewed, then it is going to cause the stock to be consistently overvalued.

What I find incredibly ironic, is that then it becomes an Ouroboros, where the positive stories cause a rise in the value of the stock, then the writers use the rise in the stock as justification for more positive stories, which in turn gives rise to more stock increases, and thus it goes devouring itself infinitely.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36515

It is about a NASDAQ stock that nearly doubled in one day because of one erroneous press release! Now, we have already gone round after round on this subject, but I still maintain that examples like this are clear proof of what I’m talking about. Investors rely heavily on media coverage to decide how they are going to invest. If for some reason (like say the fact that 90% of the writers all use the same brand of computer) media coverage of one particular company is consistently skewed, then it is going to cause the stock to be consistently overvalued.

What I find incredibly ironic, is that then it becomes an Ouroboros, where the positive stories cause a rise in the value of the stock, then the writers use the rise in the stock as justification for more positive stories, which in turn gives rise to more stock increases, and thus it goes devouring itself infinitely.

However, I believe you misinterpret my original article. I never once state that RIM should copy Apple. I only note a similarity in the way both companies design products in that both companies design their own hardware and software. This makes for a more seamless integration, making for greater ease of use for the customer.

That’s really the only point I wanted to make. In fact, I wouldn’t make much sense advocating that RIM follow Apple and the end to end model, since I note that RIM is already following that model, and has since its inception. RIM cannot copy Apple in this regard, since it developed the same model independently.

As for mentioning the iPhone, my only point, again, was not to suggest that RIM should copy that…how can they copy something not yet released? However, like Robb Dunewood, I believe that the iPhone will be a serious competitor in the consumer market, albeit the higher priced end of that market. That means it will compete against the BB consumer models like the Pearl, as well as Motorola, Sony-Erriccson, etc. I want to also add the disclaimer that in no way do I think that any new Apple cell phone will compete with RIM in the enterprise market.

Lloyd, I must say I’ve grown to luv ya man…and if I’m in the Hollywood area, I’ll have to look you up and buy you a Starbucks coffee and we can discuss all sorts of wonderful tech topics. I’ll bring my iPod of course

However, I believe you misinterpret my original article. I never once state that RIM should copy Apple. I only note a similarity in the way both companies design products in that both companies design their own hardware and software. This makes for a more seamless integration, making for greater ease of use for the customer.

That’s really the only point I wanted to make. In fact, I wouldn’t make much sense advocating that RIM follow Apple and the end to end model, since I note that RIM is already following that model, and has since its inception. RIM cannot copy Apple in this regard, since it developed the same model independently.

As for mentioning the iPhone, my only point, again, was not to suggest that RIM should copy that…how can they copy something not yet released? However, like Robb Dunewood, I believe that the iPhone will be a serious competitor in the consumer market, albeit the higher priced end of that market. That means it will compete against the BB consumer models like the Pearl, as well as Motorola, Sony-Erriccson, etc. I want to also add the disclaimer that in no way do I think that any new Apple cell phone will compete with RIM in the enterprise market.

Lloyd, I must say I’ve grown to luv ya man…and if I’m in the Hollywood area, I’ll have to look you up and buy you a Starbucks coffee and we can discuss all sorts of wonderful tech topics. I’ll bring my iPod of course

However, I believe you misinterpret my original article. I never once state that RIM should copy Apple. I only note a similarity in the way both companies design products in that both companies design their own hardware and software. This makes for a more seamless integration, making for greater ease of use for the customer.

That’s really the only point I wanted to make. In fact, I wouldn’t make much sense advocating that RIM follow Apple and the end to end model, since I note that RIM is already following that model, and has since its inception. RIM cannot copy Apple in this regard, since it developed the same model independently.

As for mentioning the iPhone, my only point, again, was not to suggest that RIM should copy that…how can they copy something not yet released? However, like Robb Dunewood, I believe that the iPhone will be a serious competitor in the consumer market, albeit the higher priced end of that market. That means it will compete against the BB consumer models like the Pearl, as well as Motorola, Sony-Erriccson, etc. I want to also add the disclaimer that in no way do I think that any new Apple cell phone will compete with RIM in the enterprise market.

Lloyd, I must say I’ve grown to luv ya man…and if I’m in the Hollywood area, I’ll have to look you up and buy you a Starbucks coffee and we can discuss all sorts of wonderful tech topics. I’ll bring my iPod of course

The simple point is that it isn’t RIM who is trying to get into Apple’s market. It is Apple, who is trying to get into RIM’s market. As such it would seem, at best, you have your thesis backwards. Shouldn’t the question really be, what should Apple be trying to copy from RIM, not the other way around?

I mean, all the bravado about Apple aside, no one is going to deny that RIM has completely changed the mobile phone market. It just seems to me an amazingly bizarre thesis to start talking about how one of the technology leaders in the mobile phone market needs to take some lessons from a competitor who hasn’t even really dipped their toe in the market yet, and who you are only assuming will have any modicum of success. I mean, Danger (founded entirely by ex-Apple people) didn’t really shake things up much at RIM, and the ROKR (which Apple collaborated on) didn’t really shake things up much at RIM, so I see no real evidence that Apple is the company RIM really needs to watch.

The simple point is that it isn’t RIM who is trying to get into Apple’s market. It is Apple, who is trying to get into RIM’s market. As such it would seem, at best, you have your thesis backwards. Shouldn’t the question really be, what should Apple be trying to copy from RIM, not the other way around?

I mean, all the bravado about Apple aside, no one is going to deny that RIM has completely changed the mobile phone market. It just seems to me an amazingly bizarre thesis to start talking about how one of the technology leaders in the mobile phone market needs to take some lessons from a competitor who hasn’t even really dipped their toe in the market yet, and who you are only assuming will have any modicum of success. I mean, Danger (founded entirely by ex-Apple people) didn’t really shake things up much at RIM, and the ROKR (which Apple collaborated on) didn’t really shake things up much at RIM, so I see no real evidence that Apple is the company RIM really needs to watch.

Don’t try to make some winking allusion to my attitudes on politics and ideology when you are the one who brought those topics into the discussion.

Don’t try to make some winking allusion to my attitudes on politics and ideology when you are the one who brought those topics into the discussion.

Don’t try to make some winking allusion to my attitudes on politics and ideology when you are the one who brought those topics into the discussion.

Don’t try to make some winking allusion to my attitudes on politics and ideology when you are the one who brought those topics into the discussion.

Good stuff Thought and Lloyd.