Posted AT 2:35 AM EDT on 20/02/06
Can he win patent game?
Malcolm Gladwell remembers playing backgammon with Jim Balsillie when the two were floormates at the University of Toronto. But he can't remember winning.
Mr. Gladwell, now a best-selling author, witnessed the focus and determination that Mr. Balsillie used to help make the BlackBerry wireless device one of the most iconic products of the information age.
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