Users have no one to blame but RIM. They've been given a reasonable royalties offer, but they have refused to take it. BlackBerry owners have every right to be upset.

We have no one to blame but ourselves. It shouldn't have come down to this late in the season. It's our own fault.

Our Yahoo! users want to access our services from all of their connected devices. Together with RIM, we can make it easy for the millions of BlackBerry users to have access to their favorite Yahoo! products and services while on the go. By combining Yahoo!'s services, which are some of the most used mobile products in the US, with the truly compelling BlackBerry platform, we are giving consumers a powerful and fun mobile Internet experience.

I refused to take no for an answer.

This is one of those situations where if you don't react the way you react, there's no telling what might have happened. Years from now you'll still be kicking yourself in the butt because you didn't react.

I think it should be given a reasonable burial,