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Originally Posted by southwestcomm
True, BB Connect is not the same - yet. First generation Good software was limited as well in functionality.
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But Good did not have another solution to be compared to. BB Connect was announced over two years ago and is still not shipping in the US. IMO, BBC will hurt RIMM more than it helps. This will get non-RIMM devices in the hands of people. They will see BB Connect and the limited functionality of the application and want more. They will have already purchased the devices and will want a solution that will run on those devices. I liken it to the new version of MSFT ActiveSync. This will get people to buy WM devices, they will see ActiveSyncs limited capabilities and want a solution that will run that device.
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Wrong. UCS is a proprietary format that is only used by RIMM.
Format is just that - format. Would you also state cellular carriers are proprietary in the way in which they handle wireless data? They are different, i.e. GSM, CDMA, TDMA, etc. The format in which the data is handle and transported doesn't make it a bad thing - just the way the technology was written.
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No. Who else uses UCS? Nobody. GSM, CDMA, etc are transport protocols used by several different carriers. iDen, on the other hand, is propietary because only one carrier uses it. UCS is ONLY used by Blackberry and nobody else. Proprietary.
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True, up until recently the BB OS only ran on BB devices. So what? RIM chose to be a solution and harware manufacturer. Hence the reason they have been so succesfull and financially strong. As the market place has changed so has RIM. There was a Good device at one time. Why not more of them? Good appears to have taken a different route is all.
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There is no "up until recently". The BB OS only runs on BB devices. No other device will run the BB OS. BB Connect is an application, not an operating system.
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I am pro-BB amd never claimed it is a proprietary solution. I believe they have chosen a specific format and software is all. Anti-BB people always toss out the "proprietary" issue.
At least we can agree to disagree? 
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When I say widely accepted, I am speaking of the IT world. The bottom line is that BB OS only runs on BB devices. BB devices without BES or BB internet on the back-end are paperweights. BES without BB devices is useless. Nobody is going to buy BES to run BB Connect solely. That is where the proprietary term comes from.
Not only "anti-RIMM" people say proprietary:
"Having previously developed for the RIMOS (RIM proprietary operating system)"
http://www.j2medeveloper.com/techtips/bb_exp_p1.html
"Though email’s been done pretty well on the Blackberry proprietary service..."
http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/1004675.html
"BlackBerry uses proprietary software and hardware to connect to the computing systems of the user’s organisation"
http://www.agimo.gov.au/publications...e_Guidance.pdf
", outlining accelerating rivals such as the BlackBerry proprietary OS"
http://www.thestreet.com/tech/hardware/1509459.html
These are unbiased articles.