RIM's Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are out, and may license their software

It's about time. RIM has been very complacent. I never understood having 2 CEOs who were also co-chairmen. I think the best opportunity for RIM in the future is to license the BB Enterprise Server to Google, Apple, and/or Microsoft to incorporate into their systems. BB OS is on its way out, and with all the momentum behind Android and iOS it's difficult to see a path forward. Android in particular can use better enterprise e-mail support.

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ptilsen

If they would get BES and ActiveSync working on QNX/BBX, they might have a shot at carving out a niche for themselves. As it stands, they took far too long to upgrade what was effectively their late 2008 line of smartphones and came out with a tablet that wasn't ready. They have a lot of cash, but they have to come out with a compelling product to stay afloat. I don't think licensing old tech is going to cut it.

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ptilsen wrote: »

If they would get BES and ActiveSync working on QNX/BBX, they might have a shot at carving out a niche for themselves. As it stands, they took far too long to upgrade what was effectively their late 2008 line of smartphones and came out with a tablet that wasn't ready. They have a lot of cash, but they have to come out with a compelling product to stay afloat. I don't think licensing old tech is going to cut it.

I agree, they need to come out with some new products to compete with apple and android. Hopefully the new CEO can shake things up or I see blackberry fading into the mist.