On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Russell McOrmond <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:russellmcormond@gmail.com">russellmcormond@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
> But I think that Braid and the local conservative politicians should have<br><div class="im">
> fought for RIM to get first crack at the Nortel Patents.<br>
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</div> Being from Ottawa, and having been told by people trying to engage<br>
with Nortel and their lack of interest to even admit they were<br>
Canadian, I'm not sure I would agree. There are companies that could<br>
justifiably wrap themselves in a Canadian flag and get some mileage<br>
out of that, but not sure that Nortel or RIM are examples.<br>
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That's so off-topic that I should probably have kept quiet....<br></blockquote><div><br>From what I remember at the time, RIM was late in filing the required<br>documents to be considered. They missed a deadline, and then they<br>
played the Canadian card. Only then did they go to the government<br>to intervene and they did not.<br><br>Not sure if my recollection is accurate, nor if it is the full story.<br></div></div>-- <br>Khalid M. Baheyeldin<br>
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