Here's an option: RIM could start using Windows 8. Reuters is reporting that Steve Ballmer approached the company about it, right after Balsillie left
The idea of RIM becoming a software licensing outfit could be interesting. Here's what analyst Mike Genovese of MKM Partners wrote this morning:
"We see RIMM becoming more of a software/OS licensor and less of a hardware manufacturer over the next two years. While the bull case for RIMM is fixated on an M&A exit, we see licensing partnerships with hardware OEMs as the more likely course ahead."
I'll be curious to see if our poll results lean that way.
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