Ekkie Tepsupornchai

MG

bdegroodt

BB has those very same 130 million Outlook users (and then some on other platforms) already. This equals advantage (slightly) RIM.

"M$" not fumbling the ball=a big "if." MS is learning some hard lessons over the last 5 years and this is certainly one of them.

RIM not innovating? Already done more with a fraction of the capital and talent than MS has in over 4 generations of CE/PPC/Mobile.

RIM is far (far) from extinct. Acquired, possibly, but certainly not dead.

Ekkie Tepsupornchai

Even in the best case scenario for Microsoft, I agree that RIM will still be around for a little while. The folks who use and enjoy RIM services are very adamant about keeping it in place. However, there's no question that the threat from Microsoft is very real. I have spoken to a number of different account managers from a number of vendors (HP and Verizon to name a couple)... and they all tell me that a large number of their clients are eagerly waiting to see what comes of the release of Exchange2k3 SP2 with the WM5 devices. So it certainly appears that a significant amount of market share will be Microsoft's to lose.