Bill Sez:
"At Microsoft, our Everyday Web vision allows everyone to participate in the world of
online commerce, entertainment and services, whether it's from a PC, television or
mobile device," said Bill Gates, chairman and CEO of Microsoft.
Let's think about that...putting the emphasis on EVERYONE and MOBILE DEVICE, and taking into account MSFTS wireless knowledge JV with Q.
It's clear that Bill Gates' Teledesic partner is putting his money in ICO. Neither McCaw or Gates had any real money invested in Teledesic in the first place, and the project seems headed nowhere. Gates could join McC in backing ICO, but it's not clear he wouldn't consider G*/LOR a lower risk, faster to market approach, especially given Q's involvement in G*. Think about it, we have an operational LEO system for low bandwidth uplink, and a company with extensive orbital assets and slot rights for GEOS capable of broadband downlinks..... |
