One minor quibble with El Reg's response
The last two paragraphs* of this story understate the matter. BlackBerry's security policies are not simply a less important factor contributing to BlackBerry's downfall. They did not contribute to BlackBerry's downfall at all. They were a positive factor greatly enhancing BlackBerry's appeal, and BlackBerry faltered despite them, not because of them.
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* It is no secret that BlackBerry has in the past run afoul of some state governments for BES' security, but most would say that secrecy was pretty far down on the list of reasons why BlackBerry is in the toilet.
[In fact the security that BlackBerrys provide their owners was not on that list at all.]
We'd humbly suggest to Baker that a number of other cock-ups – including falling behind Apple and Android in smartphones, flopping with a tablet rollout and having a disastrous comeback effort – had much more to do with BlackBerry's downfall than its security policies.
[The security that BlackBerrys provide their owners did not merely have less to do with BlackBerry's downfall than all the various cock-ups; it had nothing to do with that downfall.]
Biting the hand that feeds IT
