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Originally Posted by SmoothRunnings
You think that's going to stop companies from using the ActiveSync in Exchange to hook up their iPhone employees?
You forget it costs companies $100 per user to operate BES, were chances are they have already paid for the licensing with Microsoft for Exchange; they will start to wonder why they should have to pay twice.
Current companies using BES may still switch to iPhone's if it's true about the economy and they start to hire more people.
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Exchange ActiveSync devices and the upcoming Win 7 phones from MS could mount a considerable challenge to RIM. If the mobile device can be managed from Exchange securely RIM can lose market share in the ca$h cow Corporate market. Besides the per device licensing fee's for a full blown BES, you can add several thousand dollars more to the operating expenses each year for RIM support per BES. It adds up quickly.