Jim Balsillie
Jim Balsillie
James Laurence "Jim" Balsillieis a Canadian businessman, philanthropist and former co-CEO of the Canadian company Research In Motion. He is also the founder of the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canadian International Counciland the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Following his retirement as co-CEO of RIM in January 2012, Balsillie assumed a director role on RIM's Board of Directors. In March 2012, he resigned from the Board due to strategic differences with RIM's new leader and CEO, Thorsten Heins, who...
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This will hopefully lead to more reasonable negotiations since NTP risks losing all future royalties if the workaround is implemented.
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When we license this we're going to look for reputable, substantial companies,
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We are entering the second half with solid market positioning, strong momentum and an impressive line-up of new products and services.
behind onward prudent
It's onward and upward. The prudent thing for all the stakeholders was to put this behind us.
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You tend not to have your strong growth in the summertime. You tend to get your turbo charging in the fall.
blackberry matter service
No matter what, the BlackBerry service will keep working.
blackberry desktop perform
It makes your BlackBerry perform just like your desktop phone.
finishing focus groups software upgrade
It's a software upgrade that we're very, very comfortable with and we've done focus groups with and we're just finishing testing,
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Is this a material development for Palm? Absolutely. Is it a material development for Microsoft? Very marginally. Is it a material development for RIM? No, not really. It doesn't really change any dynamic that we're dealing with whatsoever.
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It really is a quantum leap forward in the performance for the user both in voice and in data. The speed of it is really a system experience.
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The problem with these guys...when they took their final position on 'here's what we'll do,' it wasn't about money. They wouldn't give us terms that would allow us to carry on our business.
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What they're really trying to say is, 'Are we approaching maturity in this market?' And my response is ... we're the farthest thing from maturity in this market.
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With the litigation behind us, we're looking forward to building on the momentum we're seeing in early (fiscal) 2007.
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Would I do a license today that would protect our ecosystem at the rates they said? Absolutely. Just to get it done with, absolutely. But would it last for the next 10 to 20 years and not give me protection for my business as it evolves? Not in a million years.