And that is to release BES for all devices and cease being a hardware company.

BES is still the standard for all governmental agencies for some reason, so if they double down here using their already entrenched marketshare, expand it with feature packs, addons, and more management, then they could have a real good win. The company would have to shrink in size but would be more profitable due to not having the overhead to deal with devices any longer either.

But of course, the leadership at RIM will probably just do as another poster suggested -- pay themselves huge amounts of money, let the company wind down in debt and walk away saying it was "the other guy's" fault.

Yes, because anecdotal evidence tends to be more true.

Google already did it. They don't advertise on the OS, they just take all your information and sell it to advertisers. Same family of stupidity, I suppose.

Might have been a Boston high school or something, but it's kind of irrelevant to WHERE.

The principal/school board were faced with big budget cuts, and so instead of cutting arts and sciences or liberal arts, they cut all the sports programs. They did this because they knew that parents would complain more loudly about the sports being cut than educational programs.

Sad state of affairs, though our public education system is pretty dismal nowadays, at least in the US.

It's a bank, for crying out loud. It just wants to avoid all the liabilities that being called a "bank" means. It's a freaking bank.

It's a good game, runs well, it's fun in spurts, but honestly I just didn't see myself enjoying it for a long time. I guess my tastes have changed in the 11 years I've been waiting for it...

You know, since the US invests so heavily in education.

Oh wait, that's the Netherlands and Korea.

The "speculators" have already won. They control 80% of the futures market, when the CFTC previously allowed them to control I think 20% at most, and that was just so that the market could continue to function. When you own 80% of the market, you will only hope and pray that the prices go UP.

If Israel and Iran go at it, then the supply will tighten, but speculators aren't going to budge and they will hold their positions. They are already rich, do you think they give a flying @#$! if the price goes up? Of course not. They will continue to hold their contracts, prices will skyrocket, and they will make out like bandits because they controlled the market.

Saudi Arabia has enough oil production to satisfy the entire US, and they have actually racheted it BACK because of efficiency gains. Supply isn't the problem, nor demand (at an all time low), it's purely speculators in the market holding a hard line position.

And all distros of Windows (Phone/Server/Desktop/ARM) as well.

That was my point though -- I think this is actually a benefit to the Windows ecosystem, and since the new version of .NET should allow people to take their projects, import them, and recompile for the next version... it will be easy to get started. Granted, non .NET apps will have to migrate if they want to use ARM, but if they move over "as-is" they will still work as good as they do now.

There's really no downside.