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To: carranza2 who wrote (5348)6/8/2000 3:13:00 PM
From: tero kuittinen  Read Replies (6) of 34857
 
I still think "cabal" is more or less accurate. After careful observation I've reached the conclusion that most Q-droids are apparently divided into either victims or perpetrators of a bizarre mind-control experiment. The latter know they are misleading people - the former act in good faith.

It's more or less a rerun of the Iomega thing, so the psychology of this situation is not as uncommon as it may seem. A nifty tech story runs out of control, gets derailed and creates a lot of mayhem in the aftermath.

Here's what tipped me off about your victimhood:

"The cooperation between Nokia and Ericsson on EDGE and GPRS is purely a scheme designed to get the Q to lower its licensing rates."

I mean - gimme a break. If you really think that both EDGE and GPRS are aimed at some peripheral California outfit not even worth 80 billion dollars, you are a victim of some pretty intense mindFAQ. If possible, you should be "deprogrammed" by anti-cult professionals - they do that in Arizona and New Mexico.

The whole point of GPRS was that the open standard approach *works*. You don't need to be all needy and pushy about IPR fees if you are genuinely at the forefront of the majestic process of standard creation. You can actually earn your profits instead of resorting to parasitism.

Here's how it works: those companies that started seriously working on, for example, Bluetooth in early 1999 will get the first products out, lock in market leadership, ramp up volumes and rake in cash. Those companies that only realized the importance of Bluetooth last winter will have to scramble for the crumbs that are left over. Get my drift?

Tero

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