Rim Semiconductor Company (fka RSMI)

[WHP03]

Telcordia was paid by RIM to test RIM against a grossly watered down competitive version of VDSL2. RIM = 427 playing golf against Tiger Woods (VDSL2), with Tiger having a two stroke penalty off the tee, with 427 getting an extra 2 strokes because he's an amateur golfer competing against a pro, and with Tiger using a set of left handed clubs, when he's not left handed. Oh, and Tiger is blind folded.

That's about the right analogy of RIM's tech and the test they paid Telcordia to do, fair and square. No fraud on Telcordia's part. Did they know they were testing against a diluted version of the standard? Of course. Who cares. They did what RIM paid them to do. EOM.

Tiger Stats:

Scoring Average 68.11
Driving Distance 306.4
Driving Accuracy 60.7%
G.I.R. 74.1%
Putting Average 1.756
Sand Saves 55.2%
World Ranking 21.96 (1)

And 427 is bold enough to believe he can beat Tiger in a head to head one hole match, but of course there is a caveat; Tiger must hit his t-shot out of bounds; the guy only hits the fairway 6 out of 10 times.. my hunch is he doesn't hit them out of bounds very often. But ok... if you say you can beat Tiger head to head... that fits with your belief that RIM is going to rule the triple-play telco world on a shoestring budget, with Ray W pulling the strings behind the scenes, a significantly larger SG&A budget than product development spend, and no contract to manufacturer a product after 3-4 years of claiming they'd produce a product in '03, '04, '05, and again in '06 - and yet still not doing so.

It all makes perfect sense.