Macworld:
At a service update conference held on Thursday afternoon, RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis said, “We don’t know why the switch failed and why service never failed over to another alternative switch.” Asked why the company couldn’t avoid network traffic backlogs by re-routing traffic by bypassing Slough, RIM didn’t give a straight answer.
They’re like deer in the headlights.
Herp derp derp.
I watched that CTV segment on RIM. I wish Canadian media would stop making Blackberry vs. anyone else as a Canada vs. US thing. I really don’t want to be grouped with that bunch.
RIM has the people, the reources and a platform to build on (QNX).
But they have no vision. The various software and development groups at RIM are clearly engaged in turf wars and empire building. Before they even had a Playbook to sell anyone they were talking about their OS as if it could not only encompass everything that RIMs current OSes could do (this has proved to be problematic at best) , but would accommodate every possible programming interface buzzword kitchen sink approach to programming and include Android support. To me this is the clearest indication that the management at RIM is trying to be all things to all people at the expense of developing a solid, forward looking platform that could be expanded down the road.