We view (the Microsoft ) contract as a portable computing deal, not a mobile email deal - no impact on RIM.

It is a big deal but it is very hard to quantify what the impact could be on Microsoft.

I think most people would like to get this behind us, so the company can talk about other things, like their business.

For RIM ... no matter how good the solution, it will be disruptive to some degree to the company's operations. A reasonable payment is in both parties' best interests and the best way to resolve this matter.

Google is this era's transformational computing platform and could be about to unseat Microsoft from its throne,

Microsoft is a monopoly -- that's pure and simple in my view. There's no question that Microsoft is able to breach a contract because they have monopoly power. I believe that would be a very positive step forward in the Microsoft case,