It's the same sort of thing that causes people to write off microsoft. Even a company in decline will often take years doing so. It is a little justified thoug

It's the same sort of thing that causes people to write off microsoft. Even a company in decline will often take years doing so. It is a little justified though, the market changes rapidly and being on the wrong side of the acceleration curve can cause your company to crater at frightening speeds. The thing about blackberry is they're not failing for ordinary reasons. They can't be fixed the way you'd rescue a once popular restaurant. It will take a lot of work to make them relevant again and only a few companies can do so. Of all of them I think google's bid is the one most likely to be the most interesting. It's a perfect door for google into the business realm, if they can execute well it could lead to gdocs, android, and even chromeOS becoming major, multi-billion dollar businesses.