If there is a lot of work to do, then that's a good thing - it offers a place where RIM's engineers can provide value to the android platform that you can't get

If there is a lot of work to do, then that's a good thing - it offers a place where RIM's engineers can provide value to the android platform that you can't get anywhere else. It might take time, but considering that BB10 isn't arriving anytime soon. To contrast, Sony announced their first Android phone in Nov '09, and shipped it in April '10. Had RIM seen the writing on the wall could they have had a RIM Android phone around the same time BB10 is supposed to release?