By David Benoit
- Reuters
Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins got the big question on breaking up the BlackBerry maker, and dodged it… mostly.
An analyst asked the company’s executives how “extreme” an option the company would consider in its strategic review and whether or not a break-up of the company was really in the cards.
Heins responded that the company is working on strategic options and reiterated that the future was being staked on the BlackBerry 10 platform as whole, which he argues is more than just a phone. (Delayed or not.) And as far as how extreme he’d go:
“They range from RIM executing on its plan to operate as a stand alone to whatever model you could think about,” Heins said.
But he’s not giving more color right now: “This isn’t the time to share the details… It’s a matter of the board deciding what strategic direction they want to take the company.”
It seems as if the future will instead remain a matter of speculation. But for now, Deal Journal readers, feel free to put your imaginations to work to see “whatever model you could think about.”
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