Tero you really must have the national trait of Finns. Incidentally, we too have Finns, Neil and Tim, musicians of some renown. I mentioned yesterday that Finland has the highest suicide rate. Maybe it is higher than they think in that suicide could rightly include deliberate inciting of attack on oneself. Okay, et moi Tero!
Extortion - I'll quote from a dictionary. Is to obtain money or favours by intimidation, violence, or the misuse of authority. Apparently it derives from Latin, which to me is a horror visited on humanity, mostly middle class Europeans in their early high school days in some cruel experiment on youthful tolerance and willingness to be suppressed. Not me; I was too intolerant to accept it. But all that's another story. Anyway, the latin is extorquere = to wrest away.
Now, you seem to live in a back to front land or something, contaminated by the Orwellian "1984" world of big brother, black is white, work will make you free, hate is love, etc.
QUALCOMM's position is very simple, as explained by one of the Dave clones. A couple of posts ago. Incidentally, did you see that in NZ they have produced 5 clones of one adult cow? She is a top milk producer, 99th percentile. I guess milk will soon be getting cheaper. Soon, I'm going to get me cloned and I'll appear on all SI threads, all day and night. And I don't get carpal tunnel syndrome. And 'talk to type' machines can't spel correctly [to answer one of the daves' question].
QUALCOMM owns the stuff and they are simply trying to sell it. They are not using any force, no threats, no government agencies, no conspiracy of telecommunications voting rights in SETI. If somebody steals their property, they will take succour from courts, political and military systems. That is what civilisation is for Tero. That is not a threat. They have said they will defend their rights to their property. It is very peculiar and Orwellian to call that extortion or blackmail.
Then you go on to suggest there is an industry standard licensing fee. In your own field of expertise are there not some things which are more amazing that others; some special achievement and market importance which people value highly? Or is everything equally vapid?
I believe QUALCOMM should charge 7.314159% royalties on cdma2000, and keep the quality up even at the expense of silly GSM operators. They should aim at maximum effectiveness, which has to include a backward compatibility economic component. They should not sell it short - to some alleged industry standard licensing price, or with technical glitches to accommodate foolish GSM buyers. This is one of the most [actually I should say THE most for added hyperbole] important developments in human history. Sell it for an industry normal price? I don't think so, [to coin a phrase].
It is amazing that at this late stage, anyone on earth is spending a penny on GSM infrastructure. Even upgrading them seems foolish now.
Do you remember boasting about Australia being GSM? Did you read about Telestra buying a Nortel/QUALCOMM $200 million cdmaOne system to be ready next year in Australia. They have GSM and analogue systems now. Guess what they plan to do with those? Australian politicians [Labour ones, noted for stupidity] set an industrial policy early this decade promising to SHUT DOWN ANALOGUE and replace it with GSM. This was to be done at the end of next year. A clear and absurd case of abuse of consumers, taxpayers, voters, favouritism to a few in a cartel and doomed to failure.
Now they will have the joyous freedom and communicative bliss of cdmaOne and later cdma2000. With the sky the limit. They already have a Globalstar gateway in Dubbo, a quaint, pretty and pleasant town in the middle of nowhere. Like a kid brother, New Zealand will no doubt tag along, trailing in the breeze, somewhat grubby, a couple or three years later.
Did you also read about the Denso hot stuff cdmaOne single mode handset being sold exclusively by Sprint? It reads like a real winner! You better run a comparison with Nokia's efforts. Nokia's fame and fortune is at stake here. Nokia is getting contaminated by the evil L M Ericsson's demise. Better run for it while they can. They better get a 7% chequebook out and sign with cdma2000 while they have the chance. Indeed, Nokia could offer to raise any offer made by QUALCOMM in exchange for a partially exclusive license = sole supplier to Northern Europe or some such. 7.314159% for such an amazing economic opportunity is a ridiculously cheap bargain.
Still, I'm sure you'll all be happy with GSM if you don't like it.
CU later,
Maurice
[Have to go chop up a golf course = make like Philip Tataurangi with a blindfold on].
psst, go on folks, stick a few more daggers in Tero, Tera, Tora. |
