I know this goes against the trend... but I've been cheering RIM on, very much looking forward to the new OS arriving in smartphone format. All these years, the original OS was never rooted... and IMHO this pulls out from under RIM its core benefit. Is there a way they can recover from this?
Not so. You need to understand that rule of law does not function in China (though it appears as convenient in some cases). People are arrested, tried, and incarcerated primarily out of political convenience. In many cases verdicts are known ahead of time. In short, the justice system as well as all other government-esque structures function as tools of the Chinese communist party, not as independent entities with some forms of checks and balances.
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I know this goes against the trend ... but I've been cheering RIM on, very much looking forward to the new OS arriving in smartphone format. All these years, the original OS was never rooted ... and IMHO this pulls out from under RIM its core benefit. Is there a way they can recover from this?
Big smile on that one!
Oh the irony!
BUT, all things being equal, I'd rather it was blackhats humiliating us in public instead of China silently doing it for economic gain or espionage.
You said it.
Not so. You need to understand that rule of law does not function in China (though it appears as convenient in some cases). People are arrested, tried, and incarcerated primarily out of political convenience. In many cases verdicts are known ahead of time. In short, the justice system as well as all other government-esque structures function as tools of the Chinese communist party, not as independent entities with some forms of checks and balances.