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Will there be a next RIM? (kbin.social)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I just watched the blackberry series last night. It was a great series and I recommend watching it.

It really brought me back to that time. I actually lived in Waterloo from 2005 to 2010. When RIM was at its peak the world was watching Canada. It was a truly global company, leading the world in what would be smartphones. I knew so many people who worked at RIM and have a career because of that company. Times were great back then.

It made me realize that after the fall of RIM, things have sort of been downhill. I know RIM is still around, but nothing like it used to be. Shopify has also been a great success story, but even still not on the same level as RIM.

Why have we not had any real innovation in this country in almost 20 years?

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (2 children)

We had Nortel but after 2008 Harper gave all their patents to the Americans

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

They weren't into oil and gas so they weren't eligible to be saved.

[–] sbv 9 points 9 months ago

They failed much earlier due to poor business decisions, overbuild during the Dot Com boom, and corporate espionage.

The patent portfolio was just another nail in the coffin.