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To: E_K_S who wrote (46210)	1/17/2012 4:35:34 PM
From: Jurgis Bekepuris	1 Recommendation Respond to of 78714

"RIM could strike a technology- licensing deal with Samsung . . . That might add some value to RIM." Won't happen. Samsung is now working with Intel to use Tizen ( en.wikipedia.org infoworld.com ). They even abandoned Bada for this. They won't go QNX and they don't need QNX. Of course, IMHO Tizen is as much a deadend as QNX (and Bada) is. For better or worse, there is one dominant open platform for smartphones (Android), one closed platform (Apple) and one potential survivor with deep pockets (MS Win Phone). Everybody else is a loser wannabe. HP WebOS, RIMM QNX, Tizen, etc. Yes, it's possible for some of them to have niche success in low-range-smartphones, but none of them will be huge app platforms. Of course, companies do stupid things for variety of reasons. So it's possible that Samsung, Asus, China Mobile or Euro Parliament will buy RIMM. But buyout is the best possible outcome for RIMM. Tech licensing deals are not going to save RIMM even if someone decides to do it. They won't get enough money from them.