[canistr]

It's hard to really put a finger on whether it's a part of being Canadian or whether particular businesses and corporations are constantly in search a state of denial. For the longest time, Microsoft was in the state of denial about their competition and refused to admit they were/are far behind them.

But on the other hand, you have Silicon Valley culture that tends to fuel adoption and promotion of products/startups in the Valley. So I feel as though while it's true that RIM/BlackBerry was for some time judged unfairly by Americans and Wall Street.

[jusben1369]

Yes. In general when I sold to Canadian companies one had to tread differently vs US companies. There is an inherent sort of reserve for US companies. Yet RIM went well beyond that (just one person's experience though)