BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion is considering separating its services business from its handset business, either of which it could then potentially sell, The Sunday Times of London reported June 24, though it didn't cite a source. However, RIM and its supporters are dismissing the report. Amazon and Facebook are said to be potential buyers, with Apple and Google possibly eyeing RIM's successful messaging service, were it up for grabs. Here are 10 reasons why we think RIM's survival depends on ditching the BlackBerry. However, Canada's Globe and Mail quoted unnamed people close to RIM, who called the Sunday Times of London report "a silly fantasy" and "one of the most ridiculous ideas I have heard in a while." The Globe also quoted two former RIM executives who said top managers at RIM don't take the idea seriously and that splitting the two would accomplish nothing. Former RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis, it added, agrees the strategy wouldn't work. For years, RIM executives have been holding out for the next big, nearly-there release that would surely save them.