Invariably, when someone from the media interviews a representative from RIM, one of the questions asked is about the purported workaround that RIM is going to offer if the injunction is executed. RIM’s refusal to say anything has already made analysts like Gartner alter their recommendations, but it makes sense. NTP can file against RIM saying that the new workaround violates the court injunction. RIM buys nothing but time by not saying what the workaround is, and time is RIM’s friend. As the patent office continues to reject NTP’s claims, things look worse for NTP. If RIM tells the world what the workaround is, they lose that edge. Right now, NTP can only try to goad RIM into saying what the workaround is through bad press – RIM would be fools to take the bait.

What RIM should do is meet with it’s customers privately and give assurances that there won’t be an outage, leaving the muck-raking business to NTP.

Invariably, when someone from the media interviews a representative from RIM, one of the questions asked is about the purported workaround that RIM is going to offer if the injunction is executed. RIM’s refusal to say anything has already made analysts like Gartner alter their recommendations, but it makes sense. NTP can file against RIM saying that the new workaround violates the court injunction. RIM buys nothing but time by not saying what the workaround is, and time is RIM’s friend. As the patent office continues to reject NTP’s claims, things look worse for NTP. If RIM tells the world what the workaround is, they lose that edge. Right now, NTP can only try to goad RIM into saying what the workaround is through bad press – RIM would be fools to take the bait.

What RIM should do is meet with it’s customers privately and give assurances that there won’t be an outage, leaving the muck-raking business to NTP.

I am Canadian and am proud of what my fellow Canadians have done! I think RIM is handling this situation very well considering. Only time will tell who is the true winner in this battle. In my mind no matter what happens, RIM has the corporate governance to overcome any issue they may face. For example, the United States is such a small portion of their future growth. Look how many countries they have just initiated service in, within the last two months.

I am impressed with the vigor and gull NTP has had with this entire ordeal. Although in my humble opinion they could have done a better job, and now they stand the risk of gaining nothing.

What I am sure of is that in the future RIM will be extremely profitable and service will continue. NTP might garnish something from the ordeal but in the end will be unheard from then on. They have positioned themselves as outcasts to the rest of the business world, they have come off poorly to the media and if they had any future in the world of business after this, it no longer exists. I don’t foresee any reputable companies wanting to venture into any business endeavours with them, because of how they handled themselves

Those are my two Canadian cents.

I am Canadian and am proud of what my fellow Canadians have done! I think RIM is handling this situation very well considering. Only time will tell who is the true winner in this battle. In my mind no matter what happens, RIM has the corporate governance to overcome any issue they may face. For example, the United States is such a small portion of their future growth. Look how many countries they have just initiated service in, within the last two months.

I am impressed with the vigor and gull NTP has had with this entire ordeal. Although in my humble opinion they could have done a better job, and now they stand the risk of gaining nothing.

What I am sure of is that in the future RIM will be extremely profitable and service will continue. NTP might garnish something from the ordeal but in the end will be unheard from then on. They have positioned themselves as outcasts to the rest of the business world, they have come off poorly to the media and if they had any future in the world of business after this, it no longer exists. I don’t foresee any reputable companies wanting to venture into any business endeavours with them, because of how they handled themselves

Those are my two Canadian cents.

Now to get to the question of RIM and the media. I think RIM is going the right way by not slinging mud through the media but they seriously need to get the message out that everything will come out fine and to relax. With RIM being so quiet, im not surprise that people feel they are gambling with their customers and investor’s money.

Now to get to the question of RIM and the media. I think RIM is going the right way by not slinging mud through the media but they seriously need to get the message out that everything will come out fine and to relax. With RIM being so quiet, im not surprise that people feel they are gambling with their customers and investor’s money.