Journal tomhudson's Journal: RIM Co-CEOs resign 2
In a move that probably has most observers wondering "what took so long?, Research In Motion co-CEOs Balsillie and Zaraidis have resigned. They are replaced by former chief operating officer Thorsten Heins as the new president and CEO.
What took so long? (Score:2)
[ ]They have been trying to resign for weeks, but they were on Rogers and it took this long to get a signal.
[ ]They quit weeks ago, but they have done so little for years that nobody noticed.
[ ]Busy at a hockey game.
Re: (Score:2)
That first one is SO true!
I think they're too late - if they really believe that what they needed was better marketing, AFTER knuckling under to 3rd-world countries demanding crypt keys, they're in full-on retard mode.
If, on the other hand, they had drawn a line in the sand (what would have been so hard to tell the Saudis and the Indians to go s**** themselves anyway?) they would have had a real differentiator, and lots of free positive publicity.
They're one-trick ponies who killed their own brand.