“Research in Motion’s two CEOs have to go,” Larry Dignan writes for ZDNet. “The company has lost investor—and increasingly customer—confidence over the last year, its latest greatest savior OS is behind schedule, the PlayBook is a disaster and RIM could be circling the porcelain rim if it isn’t careful.”
MacDailyNews Take: “Could be?” How charitable.
“Nevertheless, RIM carries on with its current management. Co-CEOs James Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are taking $1 in salary a year,” Dignan writes. “This token gesture inspires instant cynicism. The two may only be worth $1 a year at this point. You get what you pay for.”
Dignan writes, “RIM’s earnings conference call after a disappointing fourth quarter outlook was another romp through bizarro world. In this world, RIM is always on the cusp of a massive transformation and a product home run. If you’ve been paying attention you already know the punchline. RIM strikes out more than the Phillies’ Ryan Howard in a playoff series.”
Full article, complete with Dignan’s translations of beleaguered RIM’s half-CEOs conference call utterances, here.
MacDailyNews Take: You read it here first:
RIM is a dead company walking. – MacDailyNews Take, August 23, 2010
If you got out of RIMM then and there ($47.75 at close), you’d have $34.48 more per share than if you exited right now ($13.27).
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “GetMeOnTop” and “trevorteusc” for the heads up.]
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