wnrsm Wrote:
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http://www.realclear.com/news/2013/09/23/blackberr
> y_agrees_to_47_billion_buyout_3247.html
>
> "BlackBerry announced Monday it has agreed to a
> $4.7 billion buyout by a consortium of investors
> who plan to take the struggling Canadian
> smartphone maker private."
>
> The turd shall live on.
Eh... probably not. They bought it mostly for the IP I think. No way that a company like Fairfax is going to make the necessary investment to keep them in the game in any significant way. They'll milk it for the existing contracts while spinning off what they can.