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When Research In Motion issued their response to the anonymous Open Letters sent to the RIM Senior Management Team, it wasn't received well by many folks out there. However, today at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders Jim Balsillie was asked directly for his comments on the situation, below is his response:


While not entirely different from the press release, jim Balsillie highlighted the fact that if employees have concerns within the company -- they are encouraged to engage within and that while those feelings may relate to some employee's, the vast majority do not feel the same way.

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Research In Motion vs. BlackBerry - Which name is better?

Research In Motion vs. BlackBerry - Which name is better?

A few days ago, BlackBerry CEO John Chen sat down with Bloomberg to discuss his briefings with the White House, MDM and most notable for this post, the changing of the company name from Research In Motion to BlackBerry. Chen noted he liked the name Research In Motion better but alas, was not there when the change over happened so he wasn't able to weigh the pros and cons of it all....

Goodbye RIMM, Hello BBRY! - Research In Motion ticker change happens Monday, February 4th

Goodbye RIMM, Hello BBRY! - Research In Motion ticker change happens Monday, February 4th

Although it was only announced at the BlackBerry 10 launch event in NYC, the formal name change from Research In Motion to BlackBerry has been happening rather quickly. In fact, the changes have already started in Waterloo as the old signage is being replaced and new BlackBerry logos are going up. No transition like this is fully complete though, until the stock ticker name changes over...

Research In Motion rebranded to BlackBerry

Research In Motion rebranded to BlackBerry

Thorsten Heins has just announced on stage at the BlackBerry 10 launch event that Research In Motion will now be called simply BlackBerry. One brand, one promise. -Thorsten Heins Re-designed, Re-engineered, Re-invented. Awesome! Full press release below. Research In Motion Changes Its Name to BlackBerry Company adopts globally recognized brand, consolidates to single...

Highlights from the opening of RIM's Tech Centers in Brazil

Back in December RIM opened a Tech Center in Brazil. The tech center is part of the BlackBerry Academic Program and while we posted on the launch of one tech center opening, two centers at two universities were actually launched in the country - Federal University of Algaos (UFAL) and Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). You'll remember that RIM also opened a Tech Center in the U....