Re: The MIBs won't like this one
Hmm, well it's not just US Feds buying Blackberry. But for sure a lot of BlackBerry's customers buy them because in part they trust the company. Being owned by Lenovo would be a completely different kettle of fish.
There are niche government BlackBerry customers who like the security they get from the ecosystem (it's just not the same as Android, iOS or WinPhone). In effect these niche (and quite important) users have had a cheap ride; BlackBerry's wider market has subsidised the company's existence. With that larger market being much reduced (but growing, I hope) those niche users risk discovering the true cost of their security requirements. Many of them would have no where else to go if BlackBerry disappeared, or became Lenovo-ised.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
