Polycom acquires Obihai Technology
SteveInWA:
Quote from: Marc on July 31, 2018, 07:05:57 pm
::)
Just have to laugh at the direction this topic has turned.
I know, sheesh.
None of these three companies were/are owned by, or have anything whatsoever to do with, Microsoft.
Pedro675:
Quote from: SteveInWA on July 31, 2018, 07:10:12 pm
None of these three companies were/are owned by, or have anything whatsoever to do with, Microsoft.
Then that's good.
videobruce:
Quote from: Pedro675 on July 31, 2018, 06:42:07 pm
i just attempted to open the Obi web page and found Polycom has acquired it, then I see that Plantronics acquired Polycom??? . Polycom/Plantronics seems to be Microsoft, is this true?
More capitalism at it's worse! Uncontrolled mega mergers. >:(
I just found out about this now 11 months later when I logged into my OBi202. Nice if they would on informed their customers. ::)
videobruce:
Quote from: Pedro675 on July 31, 2018, 07:00:41 pm
Whuuuuuut? What does Microsoft have to do with this?
This ?
http://www.polycom.com/voice-conferencing-solutions/microsoft-phones.html
It's obviously referring to what I just stated in my previous post. Another mega merger!
Marc:
Quote from: videobruce on December 23, 2018, 10:58:15 am
Quote from: Pedro675 on July 31, 2018, 07:00:41 pm
Whuuuuuut? What does Microsoft have to do with this?
This ?
http://www.polycom.com/voice-conferencing-solutions/microsoft-phones.html
It's obviously referring to what I just stated in my previous post. Another mega merger!
Well then why not take the conspiracy theory to the next logical conclusion?
- Polycom phones can use Skype, owned by Microsoft
- Obi phones can use Google Voice, owned by Google
-- Polycom buys Obi --> Clearly they are going to merge Skype and Google Voice into one service and to do that, they will have to buy both Google and Microsoft.
There's your next mega merger!
OR, and don't bother reading further if you can't accept rational thinking...
- Microsoft has a phone service called Skype. Microsoft seeks out a hardware partner and finds Polycom interested.
- Google has a phone service called Google Voice. Obihai partnered with Google, which appreciates having their service on a hardware platform.
- Polycom has commercial/business line of hardware and phones. Polycom wants to strengthen their portfolio and expand into personal/residential hardware. Instead of spending time and money on R&D, Polycom see's Obihai has quality products and services. Polycom says, 'hey Obi, here's a boat load of stock & cash.'
-- Now Polycom could alienate a big swath of their current customers and tell Microsoft they have a partner with Google Voice and don't need them anymore. Or Polycom could alienate a huge portion of the Obi customer base they just spent a boat load on, and tell Google they already partner with Microsoft, so they don't need them anymore.
--- OR Polycom could make good business decisions and maintain their partnerships, which are already separated by product lines.
But what fun would it be if we couldn't cry conspiracy and fight the corporate overlords.
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