Bill McEwen of AInc. tied to RIM?

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RIM still has a strong presence and massive amount of respect in the enterprise fields.  Not to mention the countless patents.

That being said, they never saw the bomb coming - they thought their enterprise endeavors were clinched, that corporations would never stray from Blackberry.  They did.  Even the most dedicated BB using corporations are now going the route the public sector has gone, and that's getting away from BB mail and going to a "run what you brung" model for phones with simple exchange servers.

I would expect them in the near future to make Blackberry Enterprise Server for platforms other than their own handsets, aka iOS and Android.  BBE is a tremendous package, and one that might keep them afloat in the long run, but I think it's too little too late in the handset space for them.

Even up here in Canada, the cell providers have a hard time giving away Blackberry devices and they have lost massive ground to Apple and especially the cheaper Android phones.  That must sting RIM a lot, since they are a Canadian company.

In fact it's sort of a running gag that if you see a guy in a coffee shop carrying a Blackberry that you sort of mutter to yourself "Poor bastard, his company still makes him use that thing".

That aside, they are circling the drain, but the money they have will keep them alive for some time.  I honestly wouldn't be surprised if someone bought them out, and there's been no lack of rumors regarding that, from Amazon to Samsung.

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Why do people seem to believe McBill is involved in this at all?  Do you REALLY think that Amiga Snowman Maker was something on a resume that would catch the eye of a major player like RIM?  Jesus, that's like saying Microsoft just hired Barry of C-USA to replace Gates.

McBill is a copyright and trademark squatter, never done anything technical in his life.

A.org sometimes just blows my mind with all the stupid stories.  Moobunny, I expect that, but you guys fall for it hook, line and sinker.  You find a matching name with a completely different pic and 2 +2 = potato and here we go again.  What would McBill have to offer RIM?  Truck driver?

Did you also see Elvis and Bigfoot on the same city bus today?  lol

Say that out loud, folks.  McBill buying the scraps of Blackberry....

With what, buttons and a smile?  You *DO* realize RIM netted nearly 3 Billion dollars this past quarter, right?  I don't think an IOU will cover that, no matter how charming McBill may be.

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Few weeks ago Amiga Inc. released several Amiga games on Blackberry App World. Maybe that is the connection!?

And the 5 people in the world who have a mutual interest of Amiga's and Blackberry's that wanted a snowman maker or a hideously wrapped emu Amiga game even heard about it

You will also note that these BB App World games are solely for the Playbook.  You know, the most expensive paperweight around.  The local telco was selling the high end ones for $150 and couldn't get rid of them.  I've got a buddy, a real huge fan of Blackberry devices.  Has owned every BB phone, pager, every RIM device ever made.  If you offered him $10,000 and a free non RIM smartphone, he'd laugh in your face.  He's go down with the ship, but I found his comments about the Playbook hysterical.  he bought 2 of them when they launched, one for him and one for his wife.  About a month later he finally cracked and told me it'd been in a drawer, unused for 2 weeks and he said "The Playbook is to RIM what Ping and the Newton were to Apple, should have saved my money".