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To: ynot who wrote (5745)	7/7/1999 3:11:00 AM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10309

>>which product?<< The operating system, i.e. Symbian Epoc vs. Microsoft Window CE vs. Wind River VxWorks. We would like to see VxWorks in those wireless devices... The Symbian partners include Nokia (Finland), Ericsson (Sweden), Motorola (United States) and Matsushita (Japan), who together sell the vast majority of wireless phones. They see Epoc as the operating system that will control a new generation of wireless devices. They envision a spectrum of ever-smarter digital cell phones and personal communicators. These information appliances will combine data and voice, computing and communications in ways we are only beginning to imagine. If we are indeed heading into an era in which the personal computer is only one way, and not typically the best way, of using data networks, the market for such wireless devices could be huge. The stakes are considerable, to put it mildly. Microsoft is aiming a version of its Windows CE operating system at the wireless market. Myers almost casually dismisses CE as a player in the current race, noting its partial roots in the Windows operating system that monopolizes desktop computing and is making big inroads on the more powerful ''server'' computers.