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scorpiodsu That's cool but if he can't adapt to the changing environment you can't keep people around for past success. He may have been brilliant in the past when Blackberry was the main player in town and competition was weak. But how he exercises his leadership in the current environment will determine if he should still be at the top, not what he did years ago. I look at it like an old football coach that wants to play the game like he did 20 years ago when that style of play was dominant and he was the best at it. But the game changed, but the coach still wants to play the old way. At some point, no matter how good the guy was for the organization and how much he contributed to the game years ago, he will need to be replaced if he doesn't adapt to the way the game is played now. Just how it goes. You can appreciate everything he done but still realize that he's no longer the answer. Not saying that's the case with Mike, but it certainly is feasible.
That's just business. Everyone's time eventually comes to and end. And with some, even the best innovators, the times past them by.