The news over the past few weeks has been rife with alarming articles and snippets about the imminent shutdown of BlackBerry service in ths US. Of course, the catch is that it’s not that cut and dried… there will be a ruling on February 24th in which NTP will argue that RIM is infringing and that the court should issue an injunction preventing RIM from selling their products and services until the legal issues are sorted out. RIM has a patch that is a work-around to any potential infringement and will likely offer that up as a solution.

For a realistic look at the likely outcomes of the ruling, check out Frank Hayes’ article CrackBerry No More? in Computerworld. It’s definitely one of the most realistic looks at the situation that I’ve seen.

And in an act of self-aggrandizement, if you want to find out more about the latest BlackBerry Enterprise Server, check out this sneak I wrote of BES 4.1 at Network Computing.

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