If you're outsourcing part of your transaction work, you're responsible for making sure the provider adheres to the same security protocols you do. Consumers expect this security whether a bank employee does it or a third party does.

RIM will finally have the power to chew through very complex applications, and make them work. They won't slow down, and they won't crash.

It exists in utopia. In reality, there's no such things as the 'ultimate' anything. The only way to achieve it is in the lab, and even then, that's probably not even realistic.

Something tells me there are deeper pockets south of the border.

I think it's very good for RIM and shows a real hesitance on the part of Judge Spencer to make a decision before the USPTO has reached a final decision on the remaining patents.

If every state follows a similar tack, maybe we're onto something and Microsoft's Open XML strategy may not be a great idea. But we're not seeing that. Microsoft has not backed down and is committed to using Open XML for its forthcoming Office versions.