I guess my point was they grew their sales with the marketing. Also, I'm not following their introductions closely, but I understand they are introducing new products that are geared to a new market (consumers). That to me would be why they have spent that money.

Hey, the doom and gloom guys might be right. I just don't think it is now. That said, Canada has had its share of high tech flyers that crashed and burned. Nortel and Corel, anyone?

I just have a hard time with doom sayers (definitely not meaning you) who trash talk a company that is growing at a rate of 15% (quarterly), especially one that has been around as long as RIM.

My biases are showing though. I'm pretty sure I could take my 82 year old father on a tour of their facilities, and at least one of them, he would say he used to plow that field (with horses, probably when he was 8 years old!)