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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They wouldn't give us terms that would allow us to carry on our business.
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They've never offered us a full license, so I'm kind of hamstrung. It's like: Jim, would you be happy being 6 feet, 6 inches tall? It'd be nice, but it's not an option in this lifetime.
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As we put this lengthy and complicated litigation behind us, we extend our sincere gratitude to all of our customers and supporters for their patience and loyalty.
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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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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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Although our litigation has certainly been pulled into the spotlight recently, we remain intensely focused on serving our customers and partners and maintaining our longstanding culture of innovation.
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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.
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This deal allows us to further extend and enhance the use of wireless communications in the enterprise by offering a voice mobility solution that helps customers align their mobile voice and data strategies.
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No question, we took one for the team here.
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Actual shipments and replacements and sales and software is absolutely staying perfect, really.
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These issues happen, and you have to deal with them, but they don't take one fiber away from your focus.