Ericsson's God complex
I typed the following metaphor from the road on Friday and for some reason it never was posted. Please excuse me if I have slipped a mental cog.
Does anybody remember the Star Trek movie where Spock's loony half brother highjacks the Enterprise and forces it to travel to the center of the universe. Here they are supposed to find the planet Shakari, which is the Vulcan equivalent of heaven, inhabited as one might expect, by the Vulcan equivalent of God.
Upon their arrival, Kirk, Bones, Spock and the loony brother take the shuttle craft down the planet where, after some wandering about, they find a suitably grandiose area to meet "God". After an appropriate interlude, "God" makes his appearance and, at first blush, appears quite-godlike. However, in due course, "God" commands the travelers to bring the Enterprise closer to the planet, so that he may "join" with it. At this juncture, in perhaps the best line of the movie and in classic melodramatic Shatner fashion, Kirk queries, "Uh, excuse me, by whyyyy does Godddd neeed a starship". Bones has a cow. But, Kirk persists, "whyyyy does Goddd neeeeed a starship". It was a very good question.
Fast forward to the Ericsson/Qualcomm debate. Can anybody explain to me why "God" needs Qualcomm's participation in its proposed W-CDMA standard?
Think about it!
Have a nice weekend everybody!
Best regards,
Gregg |
